2022 Tigranes the Great Silver Tetradrachm Coin

Limited Edition, First of the Ancient Armenian Kings Series! Tigranes the Great, King of Kings Tigranes II, known as Tigran the Great, ruled the Armenian empire from 95 BCE to 55 BCE. He is considered one of the finest Armenian kings from antiquity, for extending his empire from the Pontiac Alps, to the Indian Ocean, and from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. These successful conquests and alliances allowed Tigranes II to gain the title of “Tigranes the Great,” by notable historians such as Plutarch, and the “King of Kings,” for never appearing in public with less than four kings at his side. The Roman statesman Cicero referred to him as, “making the Republic of Rome tremble before the prowess of his arms,” gaining the reputation as being Rome’s “deadliest enemy” of the time. Coins produced under Tigranes II were minted in a variety of cities and came in two denominations of silver, and four in copper. The majority of tetradrachms were struck in the city of Antioch,