As is clear by now I’ve been digging into ancient coins lately and I found these very interesting examples of Roman coin depicting Armenians and Armenian symbols. It is always curious to see how Armenians were portrayed by others in the ancient times. I wander if other nearby empires (maybe the Persians) have struck coins depicting Armenia, Armenian...
Armenian Kingdom of Commagene (a short analysis)
That the ancient kingdom of Commagene was indeed an Armenian kingdom is apparent from depictions found on numerous artifacts. For example below are two coins of Antiochus I Theos of Commagene who was responsible for constructing the megalithic statues of ancient Armenian deities on mount Nemrut (in today’s Turkey). We can see he is wearing the Armenian Tiara with the...
