Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 694. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes VI. Second Reign, AD 66/7. Æ Chalkous (6.48 g, 1h). Artashat mint. Dated CY (Arados) 325 (AD 66/7). Conjoined draped busts of Tigranes, wearing Armenian tiara, and his queen / Fortuna seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and spear; TEK (date) below. Kovacs, Armenia II 16; M&D 166; CAA 161; AC 178. Fine, green-brown patina. Very rare.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.