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Electronic Auction 504

Lot nuber 206

KINGS of ARMENIA. Artaxias III, with Tiberius. AD 18-34. Æ Octachalkon (22.5mm, 5.56 g, 5h). Artaxata mint.


Electronic Auction 504
Lot: 206.
 Estimated: $ 150

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of ARMENIA. Artaxias III, with Tiberius. AD 18-34. Æ Octachalkon (22.5mm, 5.56 g, 5h). Artaxata mint. Jugate laureate heads of Tiberius and Artaxias III (Lucius Antonius Zeno) right / Armenian tiara. Kovacs 189; 2015 RPC Consolidated Supplement S2-I-5488.4 = J. Nurpetlian, “Intriguing Coin Type Depicting an Armenian Tiara,” NumCirc CXX.3 (September 2013), Fig. 1. Green-brown patina, irregular flan, scratches. Fine. Very rare.

Kovacs and RPC differ on the identification of the portraits. RPC describes them as the Divus Augustus and Livia. However, on better preserved specimens the portraits appear to be male. Furthermore, depictions of Divus Augustus normally feature a radiate crown. Kovacs, on the other hand, identifies the portraits as Tiberius and Artaxias III, based on the nearly complete reverse legend on his coin, which reads KAI TIBEPI OΣ K Z[HNO]Σ.

While it was not uncommon for Roman client-kings to include a portrait of the reigning emperor on their coinage, this particular depiction, with the conjoined busts of Tiberius and Zeno is unusual and rare, since the cataloger has been unable to find another example of this arrangement.

Closing Date and Time: 17 November 2021 at 11:08:20 ET.

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