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− | |Sale=Leu Numismatik EA 7 (23/02/2019), | + | |Image overstriking coin=Tigranocerta_over_uncertain_mint_(Leu_Numismatik_EA_7,_apr._2019,_469).png |
+ | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5720484 | ||
+ | |Sale=Leu Numismatik EA 7 (23/02/2019), n° 469 | ||
|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. | |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 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. | |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= | + | |Mint=Tigranocerta |
|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); Armenian kingdom |
− | |Date from=80 | + | |Date from=80 BCE |
− | |Date to=68 | + | |Date to=68 BCE |
+ | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
+ | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Weight=8.46 | |Weight=8.46 | ||
|Diameter=24 | |Diameter=24 | ||
− | |Axis=1 | + | |Axis=1 |
− | |Coin series reference= | + | |Denomination=tetrachalkon |
+ | |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 mint=Uncertain mint | ||
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 14:07, 5 June 2024
80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik EA 7 (23/02/2019), n° 469 | |
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 | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.468.46 g <br />8,460 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bedoukian 19781 , Nercessian 19952 , Kovacs 20163 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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. 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: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |
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.