Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30Auction date: 13 July 2024
Lot number: 922

Price realized: 380 CHF   (Approx. 425 USD / 390 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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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