27851 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over Laodiceia ad Mare (Zeus/tripod) (CNG, MBS 82, Sept. 2009, 687)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 27851

51 BCE - 34 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / APTAYAΣΔOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Artavasdes_II_CNG,_MBS_82,_16_Sept._2009,_687.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CNG, MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, 687 = Leu Numismatik, 4, 25 May 2019, 340

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Draped bust of Artavasdes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with star and eagles and tied with diadem

Reverse:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / APTAYAΣΔOY (Greek) Nike standing left, holding wreath in her right hand

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Artaxata

Ancient region

Armenia

Modern country: Armenia

Authority:

Artavasdes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, 55-34 BC), Armenian kingdom

Chronology

From 51 BCE to 34 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 7.237.23 g <br />7,230 mg <br />
Diameter: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[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.]]2Kovacs 2016, n° 167
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/artavesdes ii armenia.artaxata.kovacs.2016.166

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Zeus to right

Reverse:

ΛAΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ KAI ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ (Greek) Tripod

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Laodiceia ad Mare

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Syria

Modern country: Syria

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 100 BCE to 47 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.]]3BMC Phoenicia, n° 10-11
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/laodicea ad mare.bmc.10-11

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	"Overstruck, possibly on type of Laodikeia" (nb: indeed)

References

^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
^ 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.