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222 Presents were given to Anchialus, king of the Heniochi and the Machelones. Trajan also invested a king of the Albani and received kings of the Iberians, the Sarmatians, and the Colchians. These events were probably represented on coins bearing the legend. Amazaspus, brother of King Mithradates of Iberia, must have joined forces with Trajan at Satala. But he was destined never to engage in the fighting, for he died and was buried near Nisibis. It was probably at Satala that Trajan met reinforcements from the Danube region.

At Elegia (Ilidja, Turkish Ilıca), west of modern Erzurum, Parthamasiris at last secured the interview he had so long sought. Trajan received the Armenian monarch before all the army. Parthamasiris approached the Emperor, took off his diadem, and laid it at the feet of Trajan, expecting to have it replaced even as Nero had replaced the diadem on the head of Tiridates. The scene is represented on a gold coin which bears the inscription. The