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45. KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes VI. First reign, AD 60-62. Æ (16mm, 2.67 g, 12h). Diademed bust right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara [decorated with comet star] / Bipennis and club. Kovacs, Armenia II, 12; CAA 157-8; AC 167-8 and 170. VF, green patina, light deposits, minor flan break. ($600) 46. KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes VI. First reign, AD 60-62. Æ (20mm, 4.68 g, 12h). Diademed head right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara [decorated with comet star] / Nike standing right, holding wreath. Kovacs, Armenia II, 14; CAA 148; AC 162-3. Fine, dark green patina, minor roughness and deposits. ($300) Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 31.
47. KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes VI. Second reign, AD 66/7. Æ (15mm, 2.28 g, 12h). Arados mint. Dated CY 325 (AD 66/7). Jugate busts of Tigranes, wearing Armenian tiara [decorated with comet star], and his queen, wearing Phrygian cap; all within wreath / Forepart of horse galloping right; TEK (date) below. Kovacs, Armenia II, 17; CAA 162; AC 179. Near VF, dark red/brown patina, minor porosity. Very rare. ($500)
The Armenian Sub-Kingdoms: Media-Atropatene and Commagene A kingdom southeast of Greater Armenia, Media-Atropatene was created upon the partition of the former Achaemenid province of Media following the Diodoch Wars. Administration of the newly-created kingdom was taken over by Atropates, the former Achaemenid governor of all of Media, and his dynasty continued rule over the kingdom for several centuries, ultimately acting as a vassal kingdom to the Parthian and Sasanian empires.
48. KINGS of MEDIA-ATROPATENE. Artavasdes. Circa 30 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.25 g, 11h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing turreted tiara decorated with two eagles; to left, crowning eagle standing right / Diademed and draped female bust left, wearing turreted tiara. Bedoukian, Coinage -; AC -; Alram 237. VF, green patina, light deposits. Very rare. ($500) Ex Araratian Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 639.
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49. KINGS of MEDIA-ATROPATENE. Asinnalus. Circa 30 BC. Æ (18mm, 4.84 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing turreted tiara decorated with globe; Q to left / Nike driving quadriga right; M below. Bedoukian, Coinage -; AC -; Alram 238. Good Fine, brown patina. Very rare. ($500) Ex Araratian Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 640.
50. KINGS of MEDIA-ATROPATENE. Asinnalus. Circa 30 BC. Æ (19mm, 4.90 g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing turreted tiara decorated with globe; Q to left / Nike driving quadriga right; [M below]. Bedoukian, Coinage -; AC -; Alram 238. Good Fine, dark green patina, lighter highlights. Very rare. ($500) Ex J. S. Wagner Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 82, 16 September 2009), lot 706.
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