Armenia

Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC-428, 885-1045, 1201-1350), Republic of Armenia (1918-1920, 1991-present), Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia (1920-1922)

Kingdom in the Caucasus (331 BC-428, 885-1045, 1201-1350), Independent Repbulic (1918-1922, 1991-present)

Location: South Caucasus

Capital City: Armavir (331-210 BC), Yervandashat (210-176 BC), Artaxata (176-77 BC, 69-120), Tigranocerta (77 BC-69), Vagharshapat (120-330), Dvin (330-428), Bagaran (885-890), Shirakavan (890-929), Kars (929-961), Ani (961-1045, 1201-1350), Yerevan (1918-present)

Government type: Monarchy (331 BC-428, 885-1045, 1201-1350), Republic (1918-1920, 1991-present), Communist Republic (1918-1922)

Main languages: Armenian

Main religions: Armenian Apostolic Christianity

Chronology

331 BC: Armenia independent from Achaemenid Persia

200 BC-189 BC: Occupied by the Seleucid Empire

41-47: Occupied by Roman Empire

114-116: Occupied by Roman Empire

238-244: Occupied by Roman Empire

252-256: Occupied by Sasanian Persia

261-272: Occupied by Palmyrene Empire

428: Annexed by Sasanian Empire

885: Independence restored by Bagratid dynasty

1045: Byzantine conquest

1045: Byzantine conquest

1201: Independent kingdom restored under Zakarid dynasty, vassal to Georgia

1236-1260: Mongol vassal

1260-1335: Ilkhanate vassal

1350: Conquered by Chobanids

1918: Independent with the split of the Transcaucasian Democratic Republic

1920: Bolshevik takeover, Soviet Republic declared

1922: Part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Republic

1991: Independent republic restored

Currency

Drachm (331 BC-428)

1 Drachm = 6 Obols • 8 Chalkon = 4 Tetartemorion = 1 Obol

Ruble (1918-1920)

Dram (1993-present)

100 Luma = 1 Dram

Coins from Armenia in the collection

Second Republic (1991-present)

•20 Luma, 1994 (aluminum, Warsaw mint, KM#52)

•5 Dram, 1994 (aluminum, Warsaw mint, KM#56)

banknotes from Armenia in the collection

Second Republic (1991-present)

•10 Dram, 1993 (P#33)

•100 Dram, 1998 (P#42)