2808 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Hirsch, 166, May 1990, 503)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2808

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Nercessian_1996,_n°44).PNG

Overstruck variety

Aradus Astarte bull Paris.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	G. Hirsch 166 (16-19/05/1990), n° 503

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:

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Nercessian, 1996, p. 50, n° 44	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 zebu 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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 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. 41, n° 325-345 (333), 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: head and forlegs of the bull, K, POE; rev.: border of dots (visible on obverse)"

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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+|Image overstriking coin=Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Nercessian_1996,_n°44).PNG
+|Image overstruck variety=Aradus Astarte bull Paris.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85355843
+|Sale=G. Hirsch 166 (16-19/05/1990), n° 503
 |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?
+|Mint=Tigranocerta
 |Ancient region=Armenia
-|Authority=Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
+|Authority=Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC); Armenian kingdom
+|Date from=80 BCE
+|Date to=68 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Diameter=23
-|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. 50, no. 44).
+|Denomination=tetrachalkon
-|Coin series reference=Y.  T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 48-54;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).
+|Coin reference=Nercessian, 1996, p. 50, n° 44
-|Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil. Border of dots (visible on obverse)
+|Coin series reference=Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4); Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54; Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
-|Overstruck reverse description=Humped bull galloping left. Above and below, letters and date (visible on reverse: head and forlegs of the bull, K, POE).
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes_ii_armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.124
+|Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil.
+|Overstruck reverse description=Humped zebu galloping left.
 |Overstruck mint=Aradus
 |Overstruck ancient region=Syria (Phoenicia)
-|Overstruck date from=85
+|Overstruck date from=85 BCE
-|Coin series reference overstruck=G. F. Hill, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phoenicia, London, 1910, p. 41, no. 325-345 (333)
+|Overstruck date to=85 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Phoenicia, p. 41, n° 325-345 (333); Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.4422-4602
+|Remarks="Obv.: above and below, letters and date (visible on reverse: head and forlegs of the bull, K, POE; rev.: border of dots (visible on obverse)"
 }}