Tigranocerta (tetrachalkon Tigranes II/Tyche) over uncertain mint (Antiochos III/Nike) (Ebay Numismatik Lanz, July 2017)
From SILVER
96 BCE - 56 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ebay Numismatik Lanz, July 2017 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Draped bust right, wearing Armenian tiara | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm frond, at feet, half-length figure of river-god swimming right |
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: | Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 96 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 56 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.689.68 g <br />9,680 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Kovacs 20161Kovacs 2016, n°89 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head with the features of Antiochos III r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Nike standing left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 222 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 187 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
