SO 1919 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Antioch

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2472

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Antioch_(Nercessian_1996,_n°96).png

Overstruck variety

Antioch Tyche Tripod.JPG [1]

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Y. T. Nercessian 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 Heracles/Vahagn standing, holding lion's skin and club. In field, monograms.

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: 4.164.16 g <br />4,160 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Nercessian, 1995, n° 74, Nercessian, 1996, p. 54, n° 96.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 99-103 ("Heracles type", units 1 and 2), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 65-72, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 78,82,86,90.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.78.82.86.90

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tyche right, wearing turreted crown and veil.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ Tripod. In left field, A and star.In exergue, EKΣ.

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 88 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° 19, Butcher 20045Butcher 2004
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antiocheia syria.butcher.2004.seleucid era b

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 reverse: border of dots; rev.: (visible on obverse: tripod)"

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.