SO 1928 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3393

65 BCE - 56 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Y. T. Nercessian collection

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 TIΓPANOY Club. In exergue, ΔΗΜ.

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:

Armenian kingdom, Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 65 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 56 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: 4.064.06 g <br />4,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Nercessian, 1995, n° 114, Nercessian, 1996, p. 55, n° 110.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 121, Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 114-115, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 121-122
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.artaxata.kovacs.2016.121-122

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	" Traces of undertype are visible on obverse and on reverse "

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.