Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia - Aramaic Group - AE 4 chalkoi - Bee
Identifier
A&Y-3; ANRO-878
Reference Description
Armenia Minor
Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia 212-? BC
AE 4 chalkoi
Obverse: Head of Mithradates left, in bashlyk.
Reverse: A bee in an open field with the Aramaic legend “mtrdt” surrounding it.
Kovacs-?; Arakelian & Yevadian-3
Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia 212-? BC
AE 4 chalkoi
Obverse: Head of Mithradates left, in bashlyk.
Reverse: A bee in an open field with the Aramaic legend “mtrdt” surrounding it.
Kovacs-?; Arakelian & Yevadian-3
Provenance
| Auction or Collection | Date | Characteristics | |
| 4 | Leu Numismatik Auction 7 Lot 1337 | 23-Oct-2020 | 12mm, 2.42g, 11h |
| 3 | Leu Numismatik Web Auction 28 Lot 1591 | 9-Dec-2023 | 17mm, 4.74g, 4h |
| 2 | Nomos Auction 18 Lot 241 | 5-May-2019 | 17mm, 4.12g, 3h |
| 1 | Nomos Obolos Web Auction 12 Lot 130 | 30-Mar-2019 | 19mm, 7.53g, 2h |
Recommended Reading
Arakelian, Roy, and Maxime K. Yevadian. “Preliminary Note on The Coinage of King Mithradates I / Note Preliminaire Sur Le Monnayage Du Roi Mithradates I; Corpus Inedit Et Reflexion Sur Son Ideologie Royale.” Proceedings of The History Museum of Armenia, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 52-67, 204-233, 2024, https://doi.org/1829-0361.
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Citation
“Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia - Aramaic Group - AE 4 chalkoi - Bee,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed April 18, 2025, http://armnumres.org/items/show/878.