ARMENIA. Artaxata. Civic issues, 55/4-53/2 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 3.67 g, 1 h), CY 10 and TE 67 = 55/4 BC. Draped and turreted bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. [AP]TAΞICATⲰN [MHT] Grain ear; to left, I; to right, Ξ Z. Kovacs 214 var. (date not retrograde). Very rare and exceptionally complete for the issue. Slightly rough, otherwise, good very fine.
The civic coins of Artaxata are dually dated to the Pompeian Era and the so-called Tigranid Era, which goes back to the accession of Tigranes I to the Armenian throne in 121 BC.