2748 - Tigranocerta (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Marathus (Zeus/cornucopiae) (Bedoukian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 72)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2748

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Marathus_(Maksudian_1989, _4).PNG

Overstruck variety

Marathus Zeus Cornucopiae.JPG [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

Tigranocerta_over_Marathus_(Maksudian_1989, _4)_-_Dessin.PNG

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	P. Z. Bedoukian 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: 6.266.26 g <br />6,260 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Maksudian, 1989, p. 54, n° 4, Nercessian, 1996, p. 52, n° 72.	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.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Double cornucopiae tied with a thin band of ribbons.

Mint and issuing power

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

Marathus

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. 113 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 113 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. 125, n° 37, Duyrat 20025Duyrat 2002, serie 13
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/marathus.duyrat.2002.13

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: In field, date and mint letters; rev.: (visible on obverse: border of dots)"