80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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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.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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.
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Mint and issuing power
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
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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: 9.549.54 g <br />9,540 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Nercessian, 1995, n° 57, Nercessian, 1996, p. 48, n° 15
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΠΑΜΕΑΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ Elephant right. In field, ΓΜΣ. In exergue, letters.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Apameia
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)
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Modern countryModern country: Syria
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 76 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 76 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Obv.: above and below, letters (visible on obverse: all the type; rev.: (visible on reverse: traces of elephant and legend)"
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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.
- ^ Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
- ^ Gardner, Percy (1878), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXII : The Seleucid kings of Syria, London, The Trustees, p. 126, pl. 28.
- ^ 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.
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