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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 105 | Auction date: 19 January 2023 |
| Lot number: 567 | |
| Lot description: Tiberius (?), with Artaxias III (?), Kings of Armenia, Æ 23mm. AD 18-34. Jugate laureate heads to right / [ΚΑΙ ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ Κ [...]], Armenian tiara. RPC I 5488 (jugate busts of Augustus and Livia, uncertain attribution); Kovacs 189; J. Nurpetlian, "Intriguing Coin Type Depicting an Armenian Tiara," in Numismatic Circular CXX.3, September 2013, p. 75-6. 5.73g, 23mm, 1h. Good Fine; lightly smoothed. Extremely Rare; only the third example to be offered at auction. This coin is one of an enigmatic issue which has had differing attributions. J. Nurpetlian suggested the obverse portrait could be of Augustus, Tiberius or Nero, arguing the second individual in the jugate pair (not visible on this specimen) must be another member of the imperial family. F. Kovacs suggested an attribution to Tiberius and Artaxias III, King of Armenia, by reading the reverse legend as ΚΑΙ ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ Κ ZHNOΣ for Tiberius and Zeno (Lucius Antonius Zeno was Artaxias III's name before he was crowned) but admits there are complications with this theory. Finally RPC online have left the mint and region as uncertain but have identified the obverse portraits as Divus Augustus and Diva Livia. The interpretation of F. Kovacs is the most convincing to this cataloguer based on the current known specimens Estimate: 150 GBP |  |
