| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 914 Price realized: 260 CHF (Approx. 291 USD / 267 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 14.90 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. Somewhat rough, otherwise, fine. From an American collection, privately acquired from Manuel Ibarra on 16 August 2022, ex Roma E-Auction 93, 6 January 2022, 422. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 922 Price realized: 380 CHF (Approx. 425 USD / 390 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 15.89 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, A; all within wreath. Kovacs 74.1 var. (slightly differing control). A very rare variety. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 31 | Auction date: 7 September 2024 |
| Lot number: 598 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 380 USD / 342 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 15.60 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 The Tyche of Tigranokerta seated right on rock, holding long palm frond in her right hand; below, river-god Araxes swimming right; on rock, monogram; in field to right, Θ; all within wreath. Kovacs 74.2. Faint cleaning scratches on the obverse and the reverse slightly double struck, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 927 Price realized: 302 CHF (Approx. 338 USD / 310 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 15.78 g, 12 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, monogram of AP; all within wreath. Kovacs 74.1. Minor roughness and the obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine. From an American collection, privately acquired from Lanz on 13 November 2019. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| 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. | |
| 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 |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 918 Price realized: 1,900 CHF (Approx. 2,125 USD / 1,948 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.23 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 and outer right, monogram; all within wreath. Kovacs -, cf. 71.1-2 (with additional monogram in reverse field). SCADA -, cf. A41-P130a-d (with additional monogram in reverse field). Apparently unpublished. Fresh, sharp and with a wonderful portrait. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, about extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
