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Tetrachalkon - Tigranes II Tyche
| Issuer | Armenia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 80 BC - 68 BC |
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| Value | Tetrachalkon (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a turreted mural crown ornamented with battlements, characteristic of city-goddess iconography in the Hellenistic tradition. The figure is rendered in three-quarter view with visible drapery folds over the shoulder and chest. A dotted border encircles the central design within the coin's irregular flan. The style reflects the syncretic Hellenistic-Armenian artistic idiom prevalent under Tigranes II. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Seated figure of Tyche facing left, depicted in a relaxed pose with drapery falling across the lap, holding a palm branch in the right hand as a symbol of victory and abundance. The figure is positioned centrally on the flan, flanked on both sides by the Greek royal legend arranged in vertical columns. The composition follows standard Hellenistic bronze coinage conventions for divine or allegorical reverse types associated with civic prosperity. |
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| Reverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY (Translation: Tigranes, king of the kings) |
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