Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 30 | Auction date: 13 July 2024 |
Lot number: 938 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 358 USD / 328 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, 16.16 g, 11 h), a contemporary imitation, Samosata or an uncertain mint, after 69-66 BC. 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; all within wreath. Kovacs 123. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 29, 24 February 2024, 960 and previously from the collection of a Cosmopolitan, acquired before 2005. Starting price: 100 CHF |