96 BCE - 56 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing Armenian tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem, drapery on shoulders. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY Tyche of Antioch seated on rocks right, wearing turreted crown, holding palm branch. At her feet, the upper portion of the river-god Orontes swimming right. In field, letters/monograms. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 96 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 56 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.55.5 g <br />5,500 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Nercessian, 1996, p. 49, n° 20
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bust of Tyche right, wearing necklace and turreted crown. In field, palm branch. Border of dots (visible on obverse).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Poseidon seated left on prow of galley left, nude to waist, holding wreath and trident. As figure-head Athena left, holding shield and spear. Above, Phoenician letters. Below, date and letters (visible on reverse).
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Aradus
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Syria (Phoenicia)
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Modern countryModern country: Syria
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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