ARMENIA. Artaxata. Civic issues, 55/4-53/2 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.86 g, 12 h), CY 10 and TE 67 = 55/4 BC. Draped and turreted bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. [APTAΞICAT]ωN MHTPOΠ[OΛEωC] Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm with her left; to left, I; to right, ZΞ. Kovacs 213. Rare. Smoothed and the reverse a bit rough, otherwise, 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.