Coin of Tigranes IV, minted during his second reign
King of Armenia
Reign
8–5 BC and 2 BC–AD 1[1] (replaced by Artavasdes III from 5 to 2 BC)
Predecessor
Tigranes III
Successor
Ariobarzanes II
Co-ruler
Erato of Armenia
Died
1 AD
Spouse
Erato of Armenia
Dynasty
Artaxiad
Father
Tigranes III
Tigranes IV (30s BC–1)[2] was a prince of the Kingdom of Armenia and member of the Artaxiad dynasty who served as a Roman client king of Armenia from 8 BC until 5 BC and 2 BC until 1 AD.[3]
^Nercessian, Y. T. (1984). Հայ Դրամագիտական Ուսումնասիրություններ (in Armenian). Armenian Numismatic Society. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-9606842-2-9.
^Sayles, Ancient Coin Collecting IV: Roman Provincial Coins, p.62
^Lang, David M. “Iran, Armenia and Georgia.” In: Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. III, Part I, p. 513.
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