Moving Military Mint in the Vicinity of Tigranocerta c. 66/5 BC (Kov 208)
Description
This issue of "pseudo-Philip" tetradrachms (Kov-208), a type favored by the Roman generals in the East, can easily be attributed by its control marks on the coin's reverse. The mint marks ΔΗ and {MO} are of the same officials responsible for the bronze and silver issues at Tigranocerta immediately before Pompey's reorganization of Armenia. The monogram of Pompey's lieutenant, Gabinius {ΓΑΒ} appears in the exergue, and the monogram {CTP} in the inner left field identifies a moving military mint (stratia). A similar mint mark was employed contemporaneously on Parthian silver coins (Sellwood 1980: 15).
Kovacs, Frank L. “Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period” CNS 10, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, 2016, pp. 37.
Kovacs, Frank L. “Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period” CNS 10, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, 2016, pp. 37.
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