This is an extremely rare Armenian coin minted in Artaxata (Artashat) from circa 2 BC till 4 AD. Founded by King Artashes I in 176 BC, Artashat served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia until 120 AD, and was known as the “Vostan Hayots” or “court” or “seal of the Armenians.” Strabo...
Coin of the King of Kings
This is another fine example of pre-Christian Armenian coin. Tigranes the Great (140–55 BC; also called Tigranes II and sometimes Tigranes I) was emperor of Armenia under whom the country became, at the time, the strongest state east of the Roman Republic. He was a member of the Artaxiad Royal House. Under his reign,...
