Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
Lot number: 913 Price realized: 500 CHF (Approx. 559 USD / 513 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', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 15.47 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes (?), circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with comet star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - TIΓPANOY Eutychides' Tyche of Antiochia, turreted and veiled, seated right on rock, holding long palm frond in her right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; on rock, monogram; in field to right, Φ; all within wreath. Kovacs 71.1. Nicely toned. Light porosity, otherwise, very fine. From an American collection, privately acquired from Ariadne Galleries prior to 1982. Starting price: 100 CHF |