Artavasdes III 5-2 BC (Kov 177)

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Artavasdes (BNP [3]) was the brother of Artaxias II and Tigranes III and the youngest son of Artavasdes II. He was sent by Augustus to replace his nephew Tigranes IV, but after a short reign he was overthrown and expelled by the latter. Artavasdes's coinage is known only from a single issue, a silver drachm dated year 3. There is not absolute agreement on the attribution of this coin, some suggesting it should be assigned to Artavasdes IV (RPC 1 p. 570)

Kovacs, Frank L. “Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period” CNS 10, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, 2016, pp. 29.
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Artavasdes III - AR drachm - Busts
Identifier: Kovacs-177; ACV-180; CAA-163; RPC-3843; ANRO-852
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