KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes VI. Second reign, AD 66/7. Æ Tetrachalkon (18mm, 5.20 g, 1h). Arados or uncertain coastal mint. Dated CY 325 (AD 66/7). Jugate heads right of Tigranes VI, wearing tiara, and his wife, wearing Phrygian cap; all within wreath / Tyche of Arados, holding cornucopia, seated left on rudder, hand on tiller; [TEK (date) in exergue]. Kovacs 200; M&D 166 (Tigranes IV at Artaxata); CAA 161 (Tigranes IV); AC –. Dark green-brown patina, irregular flan. Fine. Rare.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Yerets Kariatin Collection (Nomos Obolos 12, 31 March 2019), lot 104.