35 BCE - 34 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN ΑΡΤΑΥΑZΔΟΥ
Overstriking coin
Artavasdes II 1938 on Laodiceia.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Laodicea ad Mare overstruck 1938.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, 687 = Gorny & Mosch, 289, 10 Oct. 2022, 407
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bust of Artavasdes right, wearing earring and Armenian tiara decorated with a star between floral designs and tied with a diadem, drapery on shoulders. In left field, A.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN ΑΡΤΑΥΑZΔΟΥ (Greek) Nike advancing left, holding wreath.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 35 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 34 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: 7.237.23 g <br />7,230 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus wearing a laurel wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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LAODIKEWN THS IERAS KAI AVTONOMOV (Greek) Tripod
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 47 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- a b Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
