| BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY
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 Heracles/Vahagn standing, holding lion's skin and club. In field, monograms.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Modern countryModern country:
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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:
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Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.126.12 g <br />6,120 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 3 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Y. T. Nercessian, "Overstruck and countermarked coins of the Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia", Armenian numismatic journal 22/2-3 (1996), p. 23-62, pl. 1-6 (p. 54, no. 100)., Y. T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 73
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Y. T. Nercessian1Y. T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 65-72 or 73, 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).
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bust of Antiochos right, wearing diadem (visible on obverse: traces)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠAΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ Zeus standing left, wearing himation, holding Nike and scepter (visible on reverse: part of legend)
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 89 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:
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P. Gardner3P. Gardner, Catalogue of Greek coins: The Seleucid kings of Syria, London, 1878, p. 102, no. 6
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References
- ^ Y. T. Nercessian
- ^ P. Z. Bedoukian
- ^ P. Gardner
