16592 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 409, Nov. 2017, 489)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16592

35 BCE - 34 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN ΑΡΤΑΥΑZΔΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Artavasdes II on uncertain 2354.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 409, 8 Nov. 2017, 489

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 (Greek) Nike advancing left, holding wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Artaxata

Ancient regionAncient region.

Armenia

Modern countryModern country: Armenia

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), Armenian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 35 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 34 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: 8.368.36 g <br />8,360 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II1Sear II, n° 7315, Bedoukian 19782Bedoukian 1978, n° 132, Nercessian 19953Nercessian 1995, n° 127-131, Kovacs 20164Kovacs 2016, n° 167
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/artavesdes ii armenia.artaxata.kovacs.2016.166

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the 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

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on uncertain issue (as usual for this type). Because nearly all of the known examples of this issue are overstruck on other coins, Kovacs suggests that it may have been struck as an emergency issue during Mark Antony's invasion in 34 BC"