SO 1917 - Artaxata? over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2670


80 - 68 | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Leu Numismatik EA 7 (23/02/2019), no. 469

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.: Artaxata? 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 II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 80 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 68 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.468.46 g <br />8,460 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Y. T. Nercessian1Y. T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 48-54, P. Z. Bedoukian2P. Z. Bedoukian, Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 1978, no. 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4).

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ Y. T. Nercessian 
  2. ^ P. Z. Bedoukian