1727 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 31)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1727


| BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

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Location/history

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.: Artaxata? Ancient regionAncient region. Armenia Modern countryModern country: 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)
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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.826.82 g <br />6,820 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: 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. 49, no. 31)., C. Foss, "The Coinage of Tigranes the Great: Problems, Suggestions and a New Find", Numismatic Chronicle 146 (1986), p. 19-66, pl. 5-7, 19 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Y. T. Nercessian1Y. T. Nercessian, Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 48-54, P. Z. Bedoukian2P. 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).

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil. Border of dots (visible on reverse) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Humped bull galloping left. Above and below, letters and date (visible on obverse: back part of the bull, NC)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Aradus Ancient regionAncient region.  Syria (Phoenicia) Modern countryModern country: Syria AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 94 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 : G. F. Hill3G. F. Hill, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phoenicia, London, 1910, p. 40, no. 325-345 (325)
Additional data
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References

  1. ^ Y. T. Nercessian 
  2. ^ P. Z. Bedoukian 
  3. ^ G. F. Hill