Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia - Aramaic Group - AE 4 chalkoi - Bee with letter P
Identifier
A&Y-4; ANRO-1816
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. But also contains an extra element—a rod (possibly representing an Aramaic letter “P”) located to the left of the bee
Kovacs-?; Arakelian & Yevadian-4
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. But also contains an extra element—a rod (possibly representing an Aramaic letter “P”) located to the left of the bee
Kovacs-?; Arakelian & Yevadian-4
Provenance
| Auction or Collection | Date | Characteristics | |
| 10 | Leu Numismatik Web Auction 27 Lot 767 | 9-Sep-2023 | 19mm, 4.00g, 1h |
| 9 | Leu Numismatik Web Auction 26 Lot 1450 | 9-Jul-2023 | 16mm, 4.25g, 9h |
| 8 | Numismad Auction 7 Lot 392 | 14-Apr-2023 | 18mm, 3.10g |
| 7 | Leu Numismatik Auction 10 Lot 2197 | 24-Oct-2021 | 20mm, 8.21g, 11h |
| 6 | Leu Numismatik Auction 7 Lot 1336 | 24-Oct-2020 | 18mm, 7.14g, 4h |
| 5 | Leu Numismatik Auction 7 Lot 1335 | 24-Oct-2020 | 25mm, 10.62g, 7h |
| 4 | Leu Numismatik Web Auction 12 Lot 561 | 30-May-2020 | 20mm, 8.75g, 4h |
| 3 | Leu Numismatik Auction 5 Lot 189 | 27-Oct-2019 | 21mm, 8.63g, 7h |
| 2 | Leu Numismatik Auction 4 Lot 359 | 25-May-2019 | 22mm, 10.30g, 12h |
| 1 | Obolos Web 12 Lot 129 | 30-Mar-2019 | 16mm, 3.94g, 10h |
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 with letter P,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed April 24, 2025, https://armnumres.org/items/show/1816.