2654 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Hirsch, 167, 552)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2654


80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images
Overstriking coin
Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(Nercessian_1996,_n°66).PNG
Overstruck variety
Aradus Astarte bull Paris.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : G. Hirsch 167, n° 552

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.: 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Nercessian, 1996, p. 52, n° 66 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil. Border of dots (visible on obverse) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Humped zebu galloping left. Above and below, letters and date (visible on reverse: traces).
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. 86 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 86 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Phoenicia4BMC Phoenicia, p. 41, n° 325-345, Duyrat 20055Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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References

  1. ^  Bedoukian, Paul Z. (1978), Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, RNS Special Publication Number 10, London, 81 p.
  2. ^  Nercessian, Yeghia T. (1995), Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles.
  3. ^  Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
  4. ^  Hill, George Francis (1910), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXIII : Phoenicia, London, The Trustees, p. 361, pl. 45.
  5. ^  Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut