RPC I, 3841

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3841
Province Kingdom of Armenia
Region Armenia
City Kingdom of Armenia
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Tigranes III (king) ; Tigranes V (king)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Issue Tigranes III? or V?
Dating c. 10/5 BC or c.AD 6
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑϹ ΝΕΟϹ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΗϹ
Obverse design bust of Tigranes III (?) or V (?), wearing diadem and tiara, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΘΕΟϹ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Reverse design bare head of Augustus, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Bedoukian 167, Kovacs 178
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O Prowe, Egger 28.11.1904, lot 1522
2 2     Kovacs IX (1988), lot 115
3 3     Giessener 46 (30.10.1989), lot 357
4 4     History Museum of Armenia: 19878/6
5 5     CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 650
6 6     Jerusalem Numismatics 1, 2020, lot 58
7 7     ✸ Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1324
8 8     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 656 = CNG 36, 5 Dec. 1995, lot 634
9 9     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 252
10 10     CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 558