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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 8304720, member: 74799&quot;]This was one of the themes I had when I was adding Armenian coins to my collection. I don&#039;t have many aside from the following three...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Armenian Kingdom of Sophene: Arsames II (ca. 230BC) One Chalcus (Nercessian Sophene-19b)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>This is a fairly recently published coin. It is similar to Nercessian-9, but the bust is facing left as opposed to right. It is mentioned in the following publication (it is in Armenian, but you can see the plates):</p><p><br /></p><p>Nercessian, Y. T. “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171116043229/https://www.haigazian.edu.lb/Publications/Documents/HARVol33fullcontent/47-65.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171116043229/https://www.haigazian.edu.lb/Publications/Documents/HARVol33fullcontent/47-65.pdf" rel="nofollow">Coinage of the Armenian Kingdom of Sophene (ca. 260-70 B.C.)</a>” in Armenian Numismatic Journal 37.3 (September 2011).</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Head of Arsames facing left wearing tiara with flat top like a cap; a diadem encircles the head, ends in a bow, and hangs down neck. Border of dots</p><p>Rev: Caps of Dioscuri. Legend to the right, downward ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; to left downward ΑΡΣΑΜΟΥ</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_image02636.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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