SO 1926 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Antioch

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3529


80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images
Overstriking coin
Tigranocerta_over_Antioch_(Nercessian_1996, _n°106).PNG
Overstruck variety
Antioch_Tyche_Tripod.JPG [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : 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 Cornucopia. In field, bunch of grapes (?). Various 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. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 68 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.873.87 g <br />3,870 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Nercessian, 1996, p. 55, n° 106. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 104-106 ("cornucopia type"), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 93-98, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n°79, 83, 87, 91.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Tyche of Antioche right, wearing turreted headdress 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. : Antioch Ancient regionAncient region.  Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 88 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Galatia4BMC Galatia, p. 153, n° 19, Butcher 20045Butcher 2004
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Obv.: below, letters (visible on reverse: border of dots, traces; rev.: (visible on obverse: tripod legs and legend)"

References

  1. ^  Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1978), Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 81 p.
  2. ^  Nercessian, Yeghia T. (1995), Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles.
  3. ^  Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
  4. ^  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.
  5. ^  Butcher, Kevin (2004), Coinage in Roman Syria : Northern Syria, 64 BC-AD 253. London : Royal Numismatic Society.