Orontes IV (
Armenian: Երվանդ Դ, Yervand IV) was the son of King
Arsames and is recorded as ruling
Armenia from inscriptions found at the historic capital of the
Orontid dynasty,
Armavir. In his reign the religious site of
Bagaran was founded. Large bronze statues in the
Hellenistic style of the gods,
Zeus (
Aramazd),
Artemis (
Anahit) and
Herakles (
Vahagn) were brought there and set up in temples dedicated to them. He is also said to have founded a shrine at Armavir dedicated to
Apollo (
Mithra), a golden statue of four horses pulling a chariot with Apollo as god of the Sun. This was later destroyed by the
Sassanid Persian army in the 4th century AD.