Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1011. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARMENIA. Tigranes II. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.85 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). EF, some scattered die rust on the reverse, slightly off-center and a spot of porosity. ($1500)