| 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. | 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, 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 Apparently unpublished.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 |  |
