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Drachm - Tigranes II King standing
| Issuer | Armenia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 96 BC - 80 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Tigranes II in three-quarter view facing left, head turned to the left, attired in a long open-fronted tunic with drapery swept behind the right shoulder and the Armenian tiara upon his head. The king holds a long sceptre or staff diagonally behind his body in his right hand, while his left hand grasps an uncertain object, possibly a bundle of barsom sticks. The royal legend is arranged in two lines around the field in Greek script. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Translation: Of the Great King Tigranes, lover of his father and lover of the Greeks) |
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| Mintage | ND (96 BC - 80 BC) |
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