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Tetrachalkon - Tigranes III Nike
| Issuer | Armenia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 20 BC - 8 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the goddess of victory, advancing to the left with her right hand extended forward, rendered in a striding pose typical of Hellenistic bronze coinage. The figure is depicted in flowing robes, with the Greek royal legend arranged vertically in the field to the left of the deity. The overall composition reflects the Hellenistic artistic conventions adopted by the Armenian Artaxiad dynasty. |
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Tigranes III ruled Armenia as a Roman client king, installed by Augustus following decades of dynastic instability that had seen the kingdom contested between Rome and Parthia. His coinage, including this small bronze, represents one of the few tangible artifacts of a reign about which literary sources are almost entirely silent — Josephus mentions him only in passing, and no Armenian account survives.
Kovacs 172 is among the scarcer attributed types of this reign.