Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 687. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Artavasdes II. 56-34 BC. Æ Chalkous (7.23 g, 12h). Artashat mint. Struck 50-38 BC. Draped bust right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara [decorated with star and two eagles]; A to left / Nike advancing left, holding wreath. M&D 117; CAA 132; AC 127. Near VF, black patina, a few scratches. Overstruck, possibly on type of Laodikeia.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.