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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alex22, post: 4803291, member: 102942&quot;]The Armenian princess Ariazat or Aryazate (in Armenian ari = brave, and azat = free), the mother of Orodes I, was actually the granddaughter of Tigranes I, and the daughter of the Tigranes II (known as Tigranes the Great). So here is the grandfather of Orodes I:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166518[/ATTACH]<i>Tetrachalcoi of Tigranes II (The Great), 80 BC - 68 BC, Tigranocerta (<i>Armenia</i>) mint, Kovacs.81. <b>Obv.</b>: head of Tigranes II right, wearing Armenian flapped five-pointed tiara, decorated with 8-pointed star between two eagles. <b>Rev.</b>: </i>BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY<i>, Tyche seated right, holding palm, below, river-god Araxes swimming right, letter </i>A<i> above the river god, and </i>TP<i> monogram above the hand of Tyche.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the Parthian Dark Ages was its conquest and partial incorporation into the short-lived Armenian empire, that, among other expansions, gave Tigranes the title of King of Kings (BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN featured in the above coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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