Armenia remained for three years in a state of anarchy; and it was not till Varahran V.
had been for some time established upon the Persian throne that Artases was made viceroy, under the name of Artasiris or Artaxerxes.
The coins of Isdigerd I.are not remarkable as works of art; but they possess some features of interest.

They are numerous, and appear to have been issued from various mints, but all bear a head of the same type.
[PLATE XXI., Fig.

1.] It is that of a middle-aged man, with a short beard and hair gathered behind the head in a cluster of curls.

The distinguishing mark is the headdress, which has the usual inflated ball above a fragment of the old mural crown, and further bears a crescent in front.

The reverse has the usual fire-altar with supporters, and is for the most part very rudely executed.