294, Lot: 198. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes VI. First reign, AD 60-62. Æ (19mm, 5.27 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing tiara / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm fornd. Kovacs, Armenia II 14; CAA 148; AC 162-3. Near VF, dark green-brown patina.

From the Aram Manasaryan Collection.

Tigranes VI was a client of Rome who displaced the Parthian-supported king of Armenia, Tiridates (brother of Vologases I). Tigranes soon attacked the kingdom of Adiabene, which was a client of the Parthians at that time. The details of the campaign are unknown, but the conflict appears to have been resolved diplomatically, with Tiridates restored to the throne in Armenia.