Charaspes was a
Scythian king ruling in the
Black Sea region.
He was initially thought to be the King of
Sophene c. 230 BC, attested only by a single coin currently kept in the
Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
However, there is controversy whether or not this king is actually an
Armenian: he is not mentioned in the inscriptions on
Mount Nemrut which list the ancestors of
Antiochus I Theos
Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen ( grc, Ἀντίοχος ὁ Θεὸς Δίκαιος Ἐπιφανὴς Φιλορωμαῖος Φιλέλλην, meaning "Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend ...
, and from other coin finds it appears that Charaspes was the name of a
Scythian king in the western
Black Sea region. It is quite possible that he is not an Armenian king, but rather a
numismatical error.
References
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Kings of Sophene
3rd-century BC rulers
Scythian rulers