Tiridates I with Cleopatra 52/3-60, 66-77 AD (Kov 195,199)

Tiridates (BNP [5]) was the son of Vonones II, king of Parthia (AD 51) and brother of Vonones's successor Vologases I (AD 51-78). It was with the help of Vologases that Tiridates ascended to the throne, much to the consternation of Nero, who sent his general, Cn. Domitius Corbulo, to recover Armenia as a Roman vassal state. In AD 58 Corbulo burned Artaxata to the ground, and by AD 60 had claimed a somewhat dubious and temporary victory, placing the Herodian Tigranes on the throne. This situation was not to last, as Vologases immediately launched a counterattack, which ultimately forced a diplomatic solution. For Tiridates's second reign see below. The only coinage known so far for this reign of approximately seven years is the issue of octachalkoi from the mint of Artaxata, with the bust of Tiridates on the obverse and that of Cleopatra on the reverse.

Kovacs, Frank L. “Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period” CNS 10, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, 2016, pp. 32-33.