80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY
Overstriking coin
Tigranocerta_over_Damas_(Gorny_&_Mosch, _225, _Oct._2014, _1683).PNG
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Overstruck variety
Damas_Demetrius_III_Nike.JPG
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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G. Hirsch 167, n° 553; Rauch, Summer Auction, (20/09/2012), n° 454 ; Gorny & Mosch 225 (14/10/2014), n° 1683
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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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.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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.
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.299.29 g <br />9,290 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Nercessian, 1996, p. 52, n° 68.
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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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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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Demetrius right, radiate. Border of dots (visible on reverse).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. In field, monograms and date. Border of dots (visible on obverse)
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 95 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Babelon, Ernest (1890), Catalogue des monnaies grecques de la Bibliothèque Nationale : les rois de Syrie, d'Arménie et de Commagène, Paris, C. Rollin et Feuardent, p. 533.
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