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Chalkon - Mithridates
| Issuer | Kingdom of Armenia Minor (Greater Armenia) |
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| Year | 180 BC - 170 BC |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Mithradates facing left, wearing the characteristic upright bashlyk headdress. The effigy is rendered in a crude, provincial style typical of early Armenian bronze coinage. A legend in Armenian script encircles the bust within the field, though heavily worn and largely illegible on most specimens. The flan is irregularly shaped, consistent with hand-struck production of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (180 BC - 170 BC) |
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Mithridates of Armenia Minor ruled a client kingdom caught between the declining Seleucid empire and the rising power of Rome, with his coinage reflecting a ruler working hard to project legitimacy on limited resources. Bronze issues of this weight class were the workhorse denomination of small Hellenistic economies, filling the gap left by silver that was frequently extracted as tribute or hoarded.
Attribution to this specific Mithridates remains debated in the literature — Armenian Minor produced several rulers of that name across the second century BC, and die studies have not conclusively separated their issues.