View source for 2596 - Tigranocerta (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Marathus (Zeus/cornucopiae) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1995, 72)

{{Overstrike
|Private collection=Y. T. Nercessian collection
|Obverse description=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.
|Reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY
|Reverse description=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=Artaxata?
|Ancient region=Armenia
|Authority=Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
|Weight=6.4
|Diameter=21
|Axis=12 h
|Coin reference=Y. T. Nercessian, "Overstruck and countermarked coins of the Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia", Armenian numismatic journal 22/2-3 (1996), p. 23-62, pl. 1-6 (p. 52, no. 71). ; Y. T. Nercessian, "A hoard of copper coins of Tigranes II", Armenian numismatic journal 21/1 (1995), p. 3-14, no. 72 ; Y. T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 60.
|Coin series reference=Y.  T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 48-54 or 60.;P. Z. Bedoukian, Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 1978, no. 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4).
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots (visible on reverse)
|Overstruck reverse description=Double cornucopiae tied with a thin band of ribbons. In field, date and mint letters (visible on obverse)
|Overstruck mint=Marathus
|Overstruck ancient region=Syria (Phoenicia)
|Overstruck date from=113
|Coin series reference overstruck=G. F. Hill, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phoenicia, London, 1910, p. 125, no. 37
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