Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1554. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARMENIA. Tigranes II. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.78 gm). Antioch mint. Draped bust right wearing tiara with star and eagles; beaded pyramidal points on tiara / BASILEW-S right, TIGRANOU left, Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding branch, river-god Orontes below; M and A below on rocks. Nercessian, "Silver Coins of Tigranes II of Armenia," Armenian Numismatic Journal (vol. XXVI, pts. 3&4 [2000]), Group 10 (A67/P1). Nice EF, some scattered die rust on the reverse. ($2000)