CNG 85, Lot: 20. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.40 g, 1h). Maskos (Damascus) mint. Draped bust right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with comet star and volute / Tyche of Damascus standing left, holding rudder set on ground and cornucopia. Nercessian,
Tigranes 11; CAA 112 var. (monogram to outer left on rev.); AC 63. Good VF, dark green patina. Attractive youthful portrait.
From the R.A. Collection.