Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 889. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARMENIA. Tigranes II. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.58 gm). Antioch mint. Draped bust right wearing tiara with star and eagles; beaded pyramidal points on tiara / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding branch, river-god Orontes below; monogram below on rocks. Nercessian, "Silver Coins of Tigranes II of Armenia," Armenian Numismatic Journal (vol. XXVI, pts. 3&4 [2000]), Group 6 (A59/P62). VF, some surface porosity. ($600)