Armenia on uncertain - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, B 778

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1680

115 BC - 95 BC | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

DB_Overstrikes_1835.png [Museum website]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, B 778 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8496851g)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tigranes I left, wearing Armenian tiara.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) Standing figure right, wearing tunic and tiara, holding eagle and scepter.

Mint and issuing power

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

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 I of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 115-95 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 115 BC toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 95 BC

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: 6,34",34" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Nercessian 1996, p. 47, no. 1

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, no. 5, Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, no. 20-21

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

visible on obverse: unidentifiable object in right field.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. 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:

Additional data

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