Armenia on uncertain - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Y 23890.70

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1679

115 BC - 95 BC | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ

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Overstriking coin

DB_Overstrikes_1838.png [Museum website]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Y 23890.70 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8496849d)
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	H. Seyrig collection

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) Nike standing right, holding wreath. In left field, M. In right field, A.

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: 4,36",36" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Nercessian 1996, p. 47, no. 4

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, no. 6, Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, no. 23

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

visible on obverse: traces

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: traces

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

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

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.