ARMENIA CAPTA

Triton XIX, Lot: 479. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.59 g, 3h). Pergamum mint. Struck 19-18 BC. AVGVSTVS, bare head right / ARMENIA above, RECEPTA below, Armenian tiara on left, quiver filled with arrows and bow in bow case on right. RIC I 517; RSC 13; BMCRE 675 = BMCRR East 301; BN 996*. VF, toned, surface porosity. Rare.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6 June 1996), lot 860.