| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 928 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, 26 mm, 16.08 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. BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] - TIΓPANO[Y] 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, Θ; all within wreath. Kovacs 74.2. Thin surface crack on the reverse, 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: 934 Price realized: 340 CHF (Approx. 380 USD / 349 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, 15.84 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, Θ; all within wreath. Kovacs 74.2. Somewhat rough and with a flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 31 | Auction date: 7 September 2024 |
| Lot number: 586 Price realized: 360 CHF (Approx. 427 USD / 385 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, 15.54 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 - TIΓPANO[Y] The Tyche of Tigranokerta seated right on rock, holding long palm frond in her right hand; below, river-god Araxes swimming right; on rock and in field to right, monograms; all within wreath. Kovacs 71.2. Light marks and with minor deposits on the reverse, 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: 917 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, 26 mm, 16.00 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 in field to right, monograms; all within wreath. Kovacs 71.2. The obverse a bit weak, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 150 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 |  |
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| 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. | |
| 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 |  |
