SO 1923 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Aradus

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3206

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Nercessian_1996,_n°101).png

Overstruck variety

Aradus Astarte bull Paris.jpg [1]

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	L. A. Saryan 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:

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: 5.755.75 g <br />5,750 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Nercessian, 1995, n° 75, Nercessian, 1996, p. 54, n° 101.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 99-103 ("Heracles type", units 1 and 2), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 65-72, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 78,82,86,90.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.78.82.86.90

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Humped bull galloping left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Aradus

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Syria

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. 89 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 89 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, p. 40, n° 327, Duyrat 20055Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.4422-4602

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Obv.: above and below, letters and date (visible on obverse: border of dots; rev.: (visible on reverse: hind part and ΠΟΑΜΑ))"