Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia - Greek Group - AE 4 сhalkoi - Herakles standing left
Identifier
A&Y-15; Kovacs-unlisted; ANRO-947
Reference Description
Armenia Minor
Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia 212-? BC
AE 4 сhalkoi
Obverse: Head of Mithradates left in bashlyk tied with diadem.
Reverse: Herakles standing facing, head to left, leaning right on club and holding lion's skin draped over his left arm; on right downward ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ on left downward ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΟΥ.
Kovacs-unlisted
Arakelian & Yevadian-15
Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia 212-? BC
AE 4 сhalkoi
Obverse: Head of Mithradates left in bashlyk tied with diadem.
Reverse: Herakles standing facing, head to left, leaning right on club and holding lion's skin draped over his left arm; on right downward ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ on left downward ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΟΥ.
Kovacs-unlisted
Arakelian & Yevadian-15
Provenance
| Auction | Date | Characteristics | |
| 7 | Savoca Coins Auction 123 Lot 501 | 16mm, 3.65g | 16mm, 3.65g |
| 6 | Leu Numismatik Web Auction 18 Lot 1392 | 17-Dec-2021 | 15mm, 3.57g, 12h |
| 5 | Roma Numismatics eAuction 84 Lot 660 | 15-Jun-2021 | 15mm, 2.03g, 12h |
| 4 | Savoca Coins Auction 100 Lot 217 | 17-Apr-2021 | 18mm, 3.65g |
| 3 | Roma Numismatics eAuction 82 Lot 485 | 14-Apr-2021 | 15mm, 3.56g, 12h |
| 2 | Savoca Coins Auction 90 Lot 724 | 27-Nov-2020 | 19mm, 4.72g |
| 1 | Leu Numismatik Auction 3 Lot 115 | 26-Oct-2018 | 13mm, 1.95g, 12h |
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 - Greek Group - AE 4 сhalkoi - Herakles standing left,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed June 2, 2025, http://armnumres.org/items/show/947.