Very Rare Armenia Issue

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 975. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (3.49 g, 2h). Rome mint. P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. Struck circa 19-4 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Feronia right / Armenia, wearing tiara and long robe, kneeling right, extending both hands. Cf. RIC I 284/290 (for obv./rev. type); RSC 487a. VF, minor porosity. Very rare.