On October 30, 2012 the armenian operator of post service "Haypost" issued a postage stamp in memory of the historical capital of Armenia Artashat city.
The issue is printed in mini sheet of 10 values with decorating margins.

Artist: H. Samuelyan.
Printing: offset.
Size of stamp: 40 x 24 mm.
Edition: 40 000 copies
Printed in printing house "Cartor" France.

The city Artashat was founded on a place of the Urartu settlement by Artashes I in 180 BC, and was the capital of ancient Armenia from II century BC on the V century AD According to the Greek historians, the city was under construction by councils and instructions of Carthago military leader Hannibal.
Artashat was the center of the Hellenistic culture in Armenia. During Artashes I board there were Anait-Artemis's temples and the gallery of Tir-Apollo with their copper gilded statues. In the 53rd year BC Evripid was presented the tragedy "Bacchante" in Greek.
Artashat was exposed more than once to destructions from Romans and Persians. Romans, under Korbulon command, in the 58th year AD grasped and destroyed «the Armenian Carthago». In the 66th year AD had began the restoration city on means of the Roman Emperor Neron. In this regard the city began to be called Neroniya, but soon the name has forgotten.