SO 1902 - Artaxata? over Sidon

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2746

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Sidon_(Lanz,_120,_18_May_2004,_171).PNG [1]

Overstruck variety

Sidon_Tyche_Astarte.JPG [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Lanz 120 (18/05/2004), n° 171

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:

Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC), Armenian kingdom

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 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: 7.327.32 g <br />7,320 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

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.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tyche

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Astarte standing on prow, holding stylis

Mint and issuing power

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

Sidon

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Lebanon

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. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 95 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	BMC Phoenicia4BMC Phoenicia, n° 130-136, HGC 105HGC 10, n°282,293,295
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sidon.hoover.2010.282.293.295

Additional data

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