Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 406. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $925. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.16 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram on rock (barely visible); all within wreath. SCADA Group 7 (A58); CAA 21; AC 33. Fine, lightly toned.