RPC I, 3843

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3843
Province Kingdom of Armenia
Region Armenia
City Artaxata
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Artavasdes IV? (king) ; Artavasdes III? (king)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Issue Artavasdes III? or IV?
Dating 5/2 BC or AD 4/6
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΤΑΟΥΑΣΔΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως μεγάλου Ἀρταουάσδου
Translation of King Artavasdes the Great
Obverse design diademed head of Artavasdes III (?) or IV (?)
Reverse inscription ΘΕΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ
Edition Θεοῦ Καίσαρος Εὐεργέτου
Translation of the divine Caesar benefactor
Reverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.42 g
Axis 12
Reference Bedoukian 163, Kovacs 177
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note The bronze coin in Erevan with similar types (Bedoukian 164) seems likely to be the copper core of a plated forgery of the silver drachm.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Artavasdes III 1
2 2 –4     see Bedoukian
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 228, 9 Mar. 2015, lot 199