SO 1843 - Artaxata? over Antioch

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2450

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Antioch_(Nercessian_1996, _n°12).PNG

Overstruck variety

Antioch_Zeus_Zeus.JPG [1]

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	L. A. Saryan 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: 6.356.35 g <br />6,350 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Nercessian, 1996, p. 48, n° 12.	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.:

ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ Zeus seated left, wearing himation, holding Nike and scepter.

Mint and issuing power

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

Antioch

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:

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. 92 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 92 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Galatia4BMC Galatia, p. 153, n° 12, Butcher 20045Butcher 2004
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antiocheia syria.butcher.2004.seleucid era a

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 obverse: all the type; rev.: (visible on reverse: traces of undertype and part of legend)"

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.
^ Wroth, Warwick William (1899), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXI : Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria, London, The Trustees, p. 341, pl. XXXVIII.
^ Butcher, Kevin (2004), Coinage in Roman Syria : Northern Syria, 64 BC-AD 253. London : Royal Numismatic Society.

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 |Authority=Armenian kingdom; Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
 |Date from=80 BCE
-|Date to=68
+|Date to=68 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=6.35
 |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. 48, no. 12).
+|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. 48, n° 12.
-|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots (visible on obverse: all the type).
+|Coin series reference=Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4); Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54; Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes_ii_armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.124
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
 |Overstruck reverse legend=ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
-|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus seated left, wearing himation, holding Nike and scepter (visible on reverse: traces of undertype and part of legend).
+|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus seated left, wearing himation, holding Nike and scepter.
 |Overstruck mint=Antioch
 |Overstruck ancient region=Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)
-|Overstruck authority=Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
+|Overstruck authority=Armenian kingdom; Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)
 |Overstruck date from=92 BCE
 |Overstruck date to=92 BCE
 |Overstruck period=Hellenistic
-|Coin series reference overstruck=W. A. Wroth, Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria, London, 1899, p. 153, no. 12
+|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Galatia, p. 153, n° 12; Butcher 2004
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antiocheia_syria.butcher.2004.seleucid_era_a
+|Remarks="Obv.: above and below, letters and date (visible on obverse: all the type; rev.: (visible on reverse: traces of undertype and part of legend)"
 }}