| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 921 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 470 USD / 431 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, 27 mm, 15.75 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. [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ - 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. An odd piece with a very unusual portrait. Struck on a short flan, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
