Triton XVIII, Lot: 121. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes IV. First reign, 10/6-5 BC. Æ Chalkous (18mm, 6.67 g, 12h). Artaxata mint. Draped and bearded bust right, wearing tiara / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] TIΓPANOY [M]EΓAΛ[OY], Vahagn standing left, lion skin draped over left arm, right hand on club set on ground to left. M&D 142; Kovacs, Armenia II 6a (Tigranes V); CAA 153–4 corr. (not different denominations); AC 158–60 corr. (same); Sunrise –. EF, dark green patina, softly struck on reverse. Exceptional and rare.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 207 (15 October 2012), lot 437.