2571 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 40): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2571

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Nercessian_1996, _n°40).png

Overstruck variety

Aradus Astarte bull Paris.jpg [1]

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Y. T. Nercessian collection

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.:

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:

Armenian kingdom, Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)

Chronology

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 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: 5.55.5 g <br />5,500 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 />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Nercessian, 1996, p. 50, n° 40	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.124

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Humped bull galloping left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Aradus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Syria (Phoenicia)

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. 86 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 86 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Phoenicia4BMC Phoenicia, p. 40, n° 325-345, Duyrat 20055Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.4422-4602

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Obv.: above and below, letters and date (visible on reverse: border of dots; rev.: (visible on obverse: head and forelegs of the bull)"

References

^ Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1978), Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 81 p.
^ Nercessian, Yeghia T. (1995), Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles.
^ Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
^ Hill, George Francis (1910), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXIII : Phoenicia, London, The Trustees, p. 361, pl. 45.
^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut

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