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    Արտաշէսեան Հարստութեան Վերջին Գահակալներուն Անունները
    (1970) Donabedian, Asbed H. M.
    The aim of this article is threefold. First, to give the reader a general idea about the various coins so far attributed to the last three rulers of the Artaxiad Dynasty, namely, Tigranes IV, Queen Erato, and Tigranes V. Second, to make the public conscious that the numismatics of the Artiaxiad Dynasty is an excellent field for research. Third, to supply the numismatists, with some extremely rare data and documents that are of prime importance for research. The article is confined to discussing coins of some Artaxiad Kings. For the sake of clarity, before making any attributions, a brief historical background is given about each of the ruler in question. The very reason for this is the existence of five such homonymous monarchs. Very little is said about the coins of Tigranes I, II, and III and are discussed in a very perfunctory manner: however, more emphasis is laid upon those of Tigranes IV, Tigranes IV and Erato, and Tigranes V. Six out of the seventeen coins described in this article, that is nos. 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17 belong to the writer's collection of Artaxiad coins, so far the world's greatest exceeding a hundred pieces.