| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 193 Price realized: 3,200 GBP (Approx. 4,054 USD / 3,732 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Tigranokerta, circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks and emblazoned with star between two eagles; bead and reel border around / Tyche of Artaxata seated to right on rock pile, holding palm branch, river god Araxes swimming to right below; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, TIΓPANOY to left, monograms to inner right and on rock; all within wreath. Kovacs 71.2 (same obv. die); SCADA Group 3; CAA 20; ACV 34. 15.89g, 26mm, 2h. Good Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone, with excellent surface conditions. Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 11, 14 May 2022, lot 153 (hammer: CHF 5,500); Ex J.T.B. Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XI, 7 April 2016, lot 472 (hammer: GBP 3,600); Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 200, 10 March 2011, lot 2017 (hammer: EUR 2,800). Estimate: 2500 GBP |  |
