Dichalkon - Tigranes VI Palm

Tigranes VI ruled Armenia as a Roman client, installed by Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo during the broader Roman-Parthian contest over the Armenian throne that consumed much of Nero's early reign. His coinage is accordingly brief — the Romans and Parthians reached their settlement at Rhandeia in 63 AD, after which Tiridates I was confirmed king and Tigranes VI's issues ceased entirely. Kovacs 197 represents one of the smaller module bronzes from this compressed political window.