Overstruck varietyAradus Tyche-Poseidon.jpg [1]Traces of the overstruck varietyTigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Maksudian_1989,_3)_-_Dessin.PNG
Location/history
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 Tyche of Antioch seated on rocks right, wearing turreted crown, holding palm branch. At her feet, the upper portion of the river-god Orontes swimming right. In field, letters/monograms. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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:
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 BCperiodTime 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: 2.72.7 g <br />2,700 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Bust of Tyche right, wearing necklace and turreted crown. In field, palm branch. Border of dots (visible on reverse)
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Poseidon seated left on prow of galley left, nude to waist, holding wreath and trident. As figure-head Athena left, holding shield and spear. Above, Phoenician letters. Below, date and letters (visible on obverse)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.ᵖ:
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. 132 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 132 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Maksudian 1989 think that 'Head of Astarte-Europa right is visible on the reverse and traces of a humped bull galloping left is visible on the obverse'
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
