2791 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Bedoukian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 51)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2791

| BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

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Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	P. Z. Bedoukian collection

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.:

Artaxata?

Ancient regionAncient region.

Armenia

Modern countryModern country:

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)

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.87.8 g <br />7,800 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Y. T. Nercessian, "Overstruck and countermarked coins of the Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia", Armenian numismatic journal 22/2-3 (1996), p. 23-62, pl. 1-6 (p. 51, no. 46)., W. Maksudian, "Coins Overstruck by Tigranes the Great", Armenian Numismatic Journal 15 (1989), p. 51-57 (p. 53, no. 1, "other examples").

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Y. T. Nercessian1Y. T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 48-54, P. Z. Bedoukian2P. Z. Bedoukian, Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 1978, no. 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4).

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil. Border of dots (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Humped bull galloping left. Above and below, letters and date (visible on reverse: head and legs of the bull, POE).

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. 85 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

G. F. Hill3G. F. Hill, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phoenicia, London, 1910, p. 41, no. 325-345 (333)

Additional data

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