SO 1947 - Uncertain mint under Artavasdes II of Armenia over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2742

| BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN ΑΡΤΑΥΑZΔΟΥ

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group (01/2013), no. 191

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Artavasdes right, wearing earring and Armenian tiara decorated with a star between floral designs and tied with a diadem, drapery on shoulders. In left field, A.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN ΑΡΤΑΥΑZΔΟΥ Nike advancing left, holding wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region.

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Artavasdes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, 55-34 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..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

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. 127-131, P. Z. Bedoukian2P. Z. Bedoukian, Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 1978, no. 132

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head right (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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