2064 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 34)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2064

80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Nercessian_1996, _n°34).PNG

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

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.

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

Mint:

Tigranocerta

Ancient region

Armenia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Armenian kingdom, Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)

Chronology

From 80 BCE to 68 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 6.636.63 g <br />6,630 mg <br />	Denomination: tetrachalkon
Diameter: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:	Nercessian, 1996, p. 50, n° 34, Foss, 1986, p. 19-66, pl. 5-7, 20	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Foss 1986, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.124

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil.

Reverse:

Humped zebu galloping left.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Aradus

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern country: Syria

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 86 BCE to 86 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5BMC Phoenicia, p. 40, n° 325-345, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.4422-4602

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"Obv.: above and below, letters and date (visible on reverse: border of dots; rev.: (visible on obverse: head and forelegs of bull, Φ, CN)"

References

^ Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1978), Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 81 p.
^ Foss, Clive (1986), "The Coinage of Tigranes the Great: Problems, Suggestions and a New Find", Numismatic Chronicle 146, p. 19-66, pl. 5-7, 20
^ 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.
^ Hill, George Francis (1910), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXIII : Phoenicia, London, The Trustees, p. 361, pl. 45.
^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut