Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 368. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.70 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles; two pellet points on tiara / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram on rock and to inner right. Nercessian Group 1 (obv. die A10); CAA 30 var. (A to inner right); AC 31. VF. Choice centering and metal. ($1000)