1203 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over Apamei (Zeus/elephant) (Leu Numismatik, EA 15, Feb. 2021, 674)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1203

55 - 34- | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / [APTAYAΣΔOY]

Images

Overstriking coin

Artavasdes II on Apameia - Leu,Web Auction 15,27 Feb. 2021,674.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Artavasdes II on Apameia - Leu,Web Auction 15,27 Feb. 2021,674 overstruck variety.jpg [2]

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}

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: 8.668.66 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

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Zeus r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΠAMEΩN / THΣ IEPAΣ - KAI AΣYΛOY (Greek) Elephant walking r.

Mint and issuing power

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

Apamea

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Syria

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. 100 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

HGC 91HGC 9, 1419. DCA 410

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ 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.