Armenia as Reflected Upon Roman and Byzantine Coinage

CNG 85, Lot: 63. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mark Antony. Autumn 37 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Antioch or military mint traveling with Canidius Crassus in Armenia. ANTONIVS · AVGVR · COS · DES · ITER · ET · TERT, bare head right / IMP · TERTIO · III · VIR · R · P · C, seven-pointed Armenian tiara right, decorated with three stars; crossed bow and arrow behind. Crawford 539/1; CRI 297; Sydenham 1205; RSC 19. VF, toned.

From the R.A. Collection. Ex Araratian Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 663.