ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Bust of Artavasdes right, wearing earring and Armenian tiara decorated with a star between floral designs and tied with a diadem, drapery on shoulders. In left field, A. Border of dots.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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. 51 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 34 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: 5.285.28 g <br />5,280 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sear II, n° 7315, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bedoukian 1978, n° 132, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Nercessian 1995, n° 132, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Nercessian 1996, p. 56, n° 119, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Kovacs 2016, n° 166
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. 92 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 54 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.]]6BMC Phoenicia, p. 41, n° 325-345, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]7Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602
^Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
^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.
^Nercessian, Yeghia T. - Saryan, Levon T. (1996), "Overstruck and countermarked coins of the Artaxiad dynasty of Armenia", Armenian numismatic journal 22/2-3, p. 23-62, pl. 1-6
^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
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
