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.:
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:
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 BCperiodTime 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: 9.689.68 g <br />9,680 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
"[[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.]]2Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Kovacs 2016, n° 89.
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 209 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 205 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SC I, n° 1256
^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.
^Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
