This ruler was a hostage to a rival power for the first 40 years of his life and he was eventually released in exchange for "70 valleys" in Atropatene after the death of his father.
This ruler's coinage depicted Tyche and a personification of the river Orontes on the reverse, and a portrait bust wearing a tiara emblazoned with a comet, possibly Halley's Comet, on the obverse. Modern scholars point to Josephus and Strabo to argue that the character of Nebuchadnezzar in the book of Judith in fact represented this man. This ruler was a hostage to a rival power for the first 40 years of his life and he was eventually released in exchange for "70 valleys" in Atropatene after the death of his father. He took advantage of the chaos following the death of Antiochus VII Grypus to conquer Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia. His downfall began when his sons and wife Cleopatra betrayed him and sided with Rome. This member of the Artaxiad dynasty was defeated by Lucullus at the Battle of Artaxata and surrendered the majority of his conquests to Pompey in 66 BCE. For 10 points, what son-in-law and ally of Mithridates the Great was the most powerful king of ancient Armenia?
This ruler's coinage depicted Tyche and a personification of the river Orontes on the reverse, and a portrait bust wearing a tiara emblazoned with a comet, possibly Halley's Comet, on the obverse.
Tigranes the Great [or Tigranes II; or Tigran II; or Dikran II; prompt on "Tigran(es)" or "Dikran"]