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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: 3.643.64 g <br />3,640 mg <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 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. 55, no. 103).
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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, 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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Head of Melqarth right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin knotted around neck. Border of dots (visible on obverse)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Palm-tree with fruits. In field, HK and Phoenician letters. Linear circle (visible on reverse)
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Tyre
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Syria (Phoenicia)
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Modern countryModern country: Lebanon
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 99 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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G. F. Hill3G. F. Hill, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phoenicia, London, 1910, p. 254, no. 251
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References
- ^ Y. T. Nercessian
- ^ P. Z. Bedoukian
- ^ G. F. Hill