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, and from other coin finds it appears that Charaspes was the name of a Scythian king in the western Black Sea region.
There's disagreement about whether this king is actually Armenian: he isn't listed among the ancestors of Antiochus I Theos on Mount Nemrut inscriptions, and coins suggest Charaspes was a Scythian ruler in the western Black Sea area.