Armenian kingdom

Mints

The Kingdom of Armenia, also the Kingdom of Greater Armenia, was a monarchy in the Ancient Near East which existed from 321 BC to 428 AD. Its history is divided into successive reigns by three royal dynasties: Orontid (321 BC–200 BC), Artaxiad (189 BC–12 AD) and Arsacid (52–428).

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 978 - Armenia (uncertain mint) (Tigranes II), silver, tetradrachms (83-55 BCE)		Silver	988 kg
S 97 - Artaxata (Tigranes II), silver, drachms (78-72 BCE)		Silver	3,862 kg
Artaxata (Tigranes II), silver, tetradrachms (77-72 BCE)		Silver	1,827 kg
Damascus (Tigranes II), silver, tetradrachms (72-70 BCE)		Silver	3,021 kg
S 94 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II), silver, tetradrachms (71 BCE)		Silver	1,805 kg
Tigranocerta (Tigranes II), silver, drachms (68-65 BCE)		Silver	223 kg
S 98 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) silver, tetradrachms (56-34 BCE)		Silver	57,176 kg
S 99 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II), silver, drachms (56-34 BCE)		Silver	602 kg
S 100 - Artaxata (Artaxias II), silver, drachms (34-20 BCE)		Silver	234 kg
S 102 - Artaxata (Tigranes III), silver, hemidrachms (20-8 BCE)		Silver	34 kg
Artaxata? (Artavasdes IV), silver, drachms (4-6 CE)		Silver	424 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
SO 1920 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Antioch		Bronze
2928 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Saryan coll. - Nercessian 1996, 18)		Bronze	96 BC JL
2601 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Saryan coll. - Nercessian 1996, 20)		Bronze	96 BC JL
2543 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 19)		Bronze	96 BC JL
2511 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 22)		Bronze	96 BC JL
2592 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Saryan coll. - Nercessian 1996, 23)		Bronze	96 BC JL
2508 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 21)		Bronze	96 BC JL
2397 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (MacDonald coll. - Nercessian 1996, 24)		Bronze	96 BC JL
3006 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (CNG, 15, 359)		Bronze	83 BC JL
2433 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Maksudian 1989, 1)		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1847 - Artaxata? over Apameia		Bronze	80 BC JL
2872 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 32)		Bronze	80 BC JL
3855 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 28)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2838 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Saryan coll. - Nercessian 1996, 43)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2418 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 38)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2616 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Saryan coll. - Nercessian 1996, 30)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2654 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Hirsch, 167, 552)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2427 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Hirsch, 163, 496)		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1848 - Artaxata? over Apameia		Bronze	80 BC JL
2447 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 36)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2446 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Gorny & Mosch, 200, Oct. 2011, 2018)		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1843 - Artaxata? over Antioch		Bronze	80 BC JL
2634 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 37)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2705 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Hirsch, 168, 355)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2547 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Hirsch, 167, 550)		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1846 - Artaxata? over Apameia		Bronze	80 BC JL
2571 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 40)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2454 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Lanz, 160, June 2015, 273)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2642 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (CNG, 20, 381)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2620 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Gorny & Mosch, 200, Oct. 2011, 2019)		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1841 - Artaxata? over Antioch		Bronze	80 BC JL
2502 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1995, 73)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2530 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Gorny & Mosch, 233, Oct. 2015, 1750)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2607 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Saryan coll. - Nercessian 1996, 29)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2608 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1995, 70)		Bronze	80 BC JL
3414 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 54)		Bronze	80 BC JL
23663 - Tigranocerta (tetrachalkon Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1584)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2064 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 34)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2808 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Hirsch, 166, May 1990, 503)		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1842 - Artaxata? over Antioch		Bronze	80 BC JL
3415 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1995, 75)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2887 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1996, 53)		Bronze	80 BC JL
3593 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Guevrekian coll. - Nercessian 1996, 25)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2767 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1995, 74)		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1926 - Uncertain mint under Tigranes II of Armenia over Antioch		Bronze	80 BC JL
2576 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Nercessian 1995, 59)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2463 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Rauch, 97, Apr. 2015, 249)		Bronze	80 BC JL
2651 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (Triskeles, 6, June 2016, 105)		Bronze	70 BC JL
2402 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (CNG, EA 217, Aug. 2009, 126)		Bronze	70 BC JL
2456 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (CNG, EA 367, Jan. 2016, 242)		Bronze	70 BC JL
16595 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (VAuctions, 319, June 2016, 106)		Bronze	35 BC JL
1203 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over Apamei (Zeus/elephant) (Leu Numismatik, EA 15, Feb. 2021, 674)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16603 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 181, Oct. 2009, 1572)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16592 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 409, Nov. 2017, 489)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16590 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 411, December 2017, 189)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16601 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 94, June 2004, 57)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16586 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (Savoca Numismatik, 148, Nov. 2022, 268)		Bronze	35 BC JL
3511 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over Laodiceia ad Mare (Zeus/tripod) (CNG, MBS 82, Sept. 2009, 687)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16559 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 294, Jan. 2013, 191)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16578 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 60, May 2002, 1014)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16597 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 296, Feb. 2013, 62)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16576 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over Apameia (Leu, Web auction 20, July 2022, 1426)		Bronze	35 BC JL
16605 - Artaxata (Artavasdes II) (AE Artavasdes/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 294, Jan. 2013, 190)		Bronze	35 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
SO 1843 - Artaxata? over Antioch		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1842 - Artaxata? over Antioch		Bronze	80 BC JL
SO 1841 - Artaxata? over Antioch		Bronze	80 BC JL

Kingdom of Armenia

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Dynasty/Kingdom/Empire
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/armenian_kingdom
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity) http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q208404 https://www.freebase.com/m/03y2_s

Literature

• Kovacs 2016 (49 mentions)
• Bedoukian 1978 (47 mentions)
• Nercessian 1995 (47 mentions)
• Sear II (9 mentions)
• Nercessian 1995b (4 mentions)
• Foss 1986 (1 mentions)
• Mousheghian - Depeyrot 1999 (1 mentions)
• Nercessian 1996 (1 mentions)