Catalog
Tetrachalkon - Tigranes VI Nike
| Issuer | Armenia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 60-62 |
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| Reference(s) | Kovacs#198 |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ (Translation: King Tigranes) |
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| Mintage | ND (60-62) |
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Tigranes VI ruled as a Roman client king, installed by Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo during Rome's prolonged contest with Parthia over control of Armenia — a conflict that would drag on until the compromise settlement of 63 AD under the Treaty of Rhandeia. His coinage, struck during his roughly two-year tenure, is among the most historically compressed royal issues in the Armenian series. Kovacs 198 is genuinely scarce; the political instability that ended his reign abruptly curtailed whatever mint output had been planned.