RPC I, 3841

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3841
Province Kingdom of Armenia
Region Armenia
City Artaxata
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
Edition Βασιλεὺς Μέγας Νέος Τιγράνης
Translation Great King New Tigranes
Obverse design bust of Tigranes III (?) or V (?), wearing diadem and tiara, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΘΕΟϹ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Θεὸς θεοῦ υἰὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Caesar, god, son of god, Augustus
Reverse design bare head of Augustus, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.71 g
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