2651 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Triskeles, 6, June 2016, 105)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2651

70 BCE - 66 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Vauctions,_Triskeles_Sale_16,_3_June_2016,_105).PNG [1]

Overstruck variety

Aradus Astarte bull Paris.jpg [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Vauctions,_Triskeles_Sale_16,_3_June_2016,_105)_-_Dessin.PNG [3]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	V auctions, Triskeles Sale 16 (03/06/2016), n° 105

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Tigranocerta

Ancient regionAncient region.

Armenia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC), Armenian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 70 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 66 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.945.94 g <br />5,940 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.124

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Astarte-Europa right (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Humped zibu galloping left (visible on reverse: legs and backpart of bull).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Aradus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Syria

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Duyrat 20054Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.4422-4602

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	" Overstruck on an Aradian bronze with Astarte/Leaping bull "

References

^ Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1978), Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 81 p.
^ Nercessian, Yeghia T. (1995), Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles.
^ Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut