16559 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 294, Jan. 2013, 191)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16599

35 BCE - 34 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN ΑΡΤΑΥΑZΔΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Artavasdes II on uncertain 2357.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 294, 18 Jan. 2013, 191
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the Aram Manasaryan Collection

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: 9.539.53 g <br />9,530 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).: 2020 mm <br />2 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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an issue in the types of Alexander III of Macedon" (nb: could be any head as the Zeus on the obverse of Apamea)