SO 1920 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Antioch

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2905

| BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Antioch_(Nercessian_1996, _n°97).PNG

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald 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 Heracles/Vahagn standing, holding lion's skin and club. In field, monograms.

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

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: 3.713.71 g <br />3,710 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Nercessian, 1996, p. 54, n° 97.

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. 65-72, P. Z. Bedoukian2P. Z. Bedoukian, Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 1978, no. 99-103 ("Heracles type", units 1 and 2).

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tyche right, wearing turreted crown and veil.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ Tripod. In left field, A and star.In exergue, EKΣ.

Mint and issuing power

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

Antioch

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 88 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Galatia3BMC Galatia, p. 153, n° 19, Butcher 20044Butcher 2004
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antiocheia syria.butcher.2004.seleucid era b

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Obv.: above and below, letters (visible on reverse: legs and base of tripod, legend; rev.: border of dots (visible on obverse)"

References

^ Y. T. Nercessian
^ P. Z. Bedoukian
^ 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.
^ Butcher, Kevin (2004), Coinage in Roman Syria : Northern Syria, 64 BC-AD 253. London : Royal Numismatic Society.