2758 - Tigranocerta (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Seleuceia Pieria (Zeus/thunderbolt) (MacDonald coll. - Nercessian 1996, 76)
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|Ancient region=Armenia | |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) | ||
− | |Weight=6 | + | |Weight=6.35 |
|Diameter=21 | |Diameter=21 | ||
|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. 53, no. 76) | |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. 53, no. 76) |
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| BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY
Images
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald 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.: | Artaxata? | Ancient regionAncient region. | Armenia | Modern countryModern country: | 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) |
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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.356.35 g <br />6,350 mg <br /> | ||
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | 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. 53, no. 76) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Y. T. Nercessian1Y. T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 48-54, P. Z. Bedoukian2P. 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 type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots (visible on reverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΕΛΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΤΙΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ Thunderbolt. In field, A (visible on obverse: legend) |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Seleuceia Pieria | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 109 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: | W. A. Wroth3W. A. Wroth, Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria, London, 1899, p. 270, no. 15 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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