Nomos AG > Auction 32Auction date: 8 June 2024
Lot number: 477

Price realized: 650 CHF   (Approx. 725 USD / 670 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Greek
KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 15.25 g, 1 h), Tigranocerta, circa 80-68. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing Armenian tiara adorned with eight-rayed star between two eagles standing outward, heads turned back towards star; all within fillet border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY Veiled and turreted Tyche of Artaxata, seated right on rock, holding palm baranch in her right hand; at her feet, river-god Araxes swimming to right, head facing; on rock, monogram; in right field, monogram; all within laurel wreath. CAA 17. Kovacs 74.1. Nercessian Group 1. Lightly toned with a powerful portrat. Areas of minor roughness, otherwise, extremely fine.


Starting price: 750 CHF