| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3843
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| 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 ΑΡΤΑΥΑΣΔΟΥ |
| Edition |
Βασιλέως Μεγάλου Ἀρταυάσδου
|
| 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.
|
| Correction |
Corrected coin-type (post publication) |