ARMENIA. Artaxata. Civic issues, 55/4-53/2 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 22 mm, 6.49 g, 5 h), CY 12 and TE 69 = 53/2 BC. Draped and turreted bust of the city-goddess to right. Rev. [APTAΞICATωN MHT]POΠOΛEωC Grain ear; in field to left, IB; in field to right, ΘΞ above monogram. Kovacs 217. Extremely rare. Surfaces a little 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.