Lot description:
KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.38 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram on rock, ΩI monogram to inner right; all within wreath. SCADA Group 4, dies A34/P45; Kovacs 71.1; M&D 27; CAA 20; AC 34. Toned, slight roughness, a couple of faint scratches on obverse. VF.
Estimate: 300 USD | |