KINGS OF ARMENIA. Artaxias III, with Tiberius, 18-34. Oktachalkon (Bronze, 21 mm, 6.31 g, 12 h), Artaxata. Jugate laureate heads of Tiberius and Artaxias III (Lucius Antonius Zeno) to right; countermark to right. Rev. [KAI TIBEPIΟΣ K ZHNOΣ] around five pointed Armenian tiara. Kovacs 189. Nurpetlian, ‘An Intriguing Coin Type Depicting an Armenian Tiara’, Numismatic Circular CXX, 3, Sept. 2013, pp. 75-6. RPC Supplement 2.1, 5488 (as unidentified). Very rare; RPC recorded four examples. Around 8 exist. Intense cleaning marks and heavily circulated, otherwise, fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.