1203 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over Apamei (Zeus/elephant) (Leu Numismatik, EA 15, Feb. 2021, 674)
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+ | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1785577&AucID=4124&Lot=674 | ||
+ | |Sale=Leu, Web Auction 15, 27 Feb. 2021, 674. From an important collection of Armenian coins | ||
+ | |Obverse legend=- | ||
+ | |Obverse description=Draped bust of Artavasdes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with star and eagles and tied with diadem; behind to left, [A] | ||
+ | |Reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / [APTAYAΣΔOY] | ||
+ | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
+ | |Reverse description=Nike standing left, holding wreath in her right hand | ||
|Mint=Artaxata | |Mint=Artaxata | ||
+ | |Authority=Artavasdes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, 55-34 BC) | ||
+ | |Date from=55 | ||
+ | |Date to=34 | ||
+ | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Weight=8.66 | |Weight=8.66 |
Revision as of 09:18, 29 December 2021
55 - 34- | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / [APTAYAΣΔOY]
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu, Web Auction 15, 27 Feb. 2021, 674. From an important collection of Armenian coins | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / [APTAYAΣΔOY] (Greek) Nike standing left, holding wreath in her right hand |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Artaxata | Ancient regionAncient region. | Armenia | Modern countryModern country: Armenia | 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: | Artavasdes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, 55-34 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 55 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 34 | 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: 8.668.66 g <br />8,660 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> |
References
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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: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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
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Additional data
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References
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.
- ^ Cohen, Edward R. (2011), Dated coins of antiquity: a comprehensive catalogue of the coins and how their numbers came about, Lancaster, 652 p.