23663 - Tigranocerta (tetrachalkon Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1584)
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|Authority=Armenian kingdom | |Authority=Armenian kingdom | ||
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|Date to=68 BCE | |Date to=68 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic |
Latest revision as of 17:26, 2 May 2024
80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - B]AΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, EA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, 1584 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From a European collection, formed before 2005 |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - B]AΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY (Greek) Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock, holding palm branch in her right hand, below, river-god Orontes swimming right |
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 |
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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.715.71 g <br />5,710 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon ![]() |
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | ||
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Veiled bust of Astarte right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Humped bull charging left |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aradus | 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. 69 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 66 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Duyrat 20051Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602, HGC 102HGC 10, n° 80 | ||
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 a civic bronze coin from Arados with the veiled bust of Astarte on the obverse and a bull on the reverse" |