A collection of historic Armenian coins depicting legendary mount Ararat.
230 BC.
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1st c. BC.
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1989 USSR
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Mount Ararat on historic Armenian coins
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I am of Armenian heritage. This is wonderful knowledge 🙂
On the coin of Sophene not Ararat or any other double-headed mountain, but hats of Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. See the same motive on many Ancient coins, i. a. coins of Dioskuria (Sukhumi).
You are correct sir! I discovered this afterwards. The coin of Tigranes IV however clearly does show a mountain range, most probably the Ararat mountains.
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