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Chalkous - Tigranes II Nike
| Issuer | Armenia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 80 BC - 68 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | A |
| Reverse description | Nike advancing left in flowing drapery, her wings spread behind her, holding a palm branch in her left hand and extending her right arm forward. The figure is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition, conveying motion and victory. The Greek royal legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY (of King Tigranes) is inscribed in two vertical columns flanking the central figure, reading downward on either side. |
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Tigranes II ruled what briefly became the largest empire between Rome and Parthia, stretching at its peak from the Caspian to the Mediterranean. This bronze issue falls within the decades of maximum Armenian power, before Lucullus pushed Tigranes back across the Euphrates in 69 BC and permanently ended Armenian ambitions in Syria.
Bedoukian 119–122 encompasses several die variants across the type; collectors should note that attribution within that range depends on details not always legible on worn examples.