SO 1841 - Artaxata? over Antioch

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2902


80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images
Overstriking coin
Tigranocerta_over_Antioch_(Nercessian_1996,_n°10).PNG
Overstruck variety
Antioch Zeus Zeus.JPG [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Y. T. Nercessian 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.: 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: Armenian kingdom, Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 68 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.688.68 g <br />8,680 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Nercessian, 1996, p. 48, n° 10. 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:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ Zeus seated left, wearing himation, holding Nike and scepter.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Antioch Ancient regionAncient region.  Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Armenian kingdom, Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 92 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 92 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Galatia4BMC Galatia, p. 153, n° 12, Butcher 20045Butcher 2004
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Obv.: above and below, letters and date (visible on obverse: all the type; rev.: (visible on reverse: traces)"

References

  1. ^  Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1978), Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 81 p.
  2. ^  Nercessian, Yeghia T. (1995), Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles.
  3. ^  Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
  4. ^  Wroth, Warwick William (1899), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXI : Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria, London, The Trustees, p. 341, pl. XXXVIII.
  5. ^  Butcher, Kevin (2004), Coinage in Roman Syria : Northern Syria, 64 BC-AD 253. London : Royal Numismatic Society.