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|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Elephant walking r. | |Overstruck reverse description=Elephant walking r. | ||
|Overstruck mint= | |Overstruck mint=Apameia | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Syria | |Overstruck ancient region=Syria | ||
|Overstruck date from=100 BCE | |Overstruck date from=100 BCE | ||
Latest revision as of 16:23, 16 November 2023
35 BCE - 34 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / [APTA]YAΣΔ[OY]
Images
Overstriking coin
Artavasdes II on Apameia 2350.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Artavasdes II on Apameia - Leu, Web Auction 15, 27 Feb. 2021, 674 overstruck variety.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, Web auction 20, 16 July 2022, lot 1426 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the collection of an Armenian businessman, acquired before 2021 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Draped bust of Artavasdes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with star and eagles and tied with diadem, behind to left, A. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / [APTA]YAΣΔ[OY] (Greek) Nike standing left, holding wreath in her right hand |
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: | Armenian kingdom, Artavasdes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, 55-34 BC) |
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.
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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: 7.377.37 g <br />7,370 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II1Sear II, n° 7315, Kovacs 20162Kovacs 2016, n° 167 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Zeus r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΠAMEΩN / THΣ IEPAΣ - KAI AΣYΛOY (Greek) Elephant walking r. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Apameia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Syria | Modern countryModern country: Syria | 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1419, Cohen 20114Cohen 2011, n° 410 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "This coin was overstruck on an earlier issue of Apameia in Syria (HGC 9, 1419) with Zeus's head still visible on the obverse" | ||
