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

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^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

Laodicea_ad_Mare_zeus_tripod.jpg [2]

Location/history

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

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Artaxata

Ancient regionAncient region.

Armenia

Modern countryModern country: Armenia

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:

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

Chronology

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 BC}

periodTime 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: 7.237.23 g <br />7,230 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II1Sear II, n° 7315, Kovacs 20162Kovacs 2016, n° 167
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/artavesdes ii armenia.artaxata.kovacs.2016.166

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛAΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ KAI ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ (Greek) Tripod

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Laodiceia ad Mare

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Syria

Modern countryModern country: Syria

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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 47 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Phoenicia3BMC Phoenicia, n° 10-11
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/laodicea ad mare.bmc.10-11

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"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.