427, Lot: 271. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Drachm (19.5mm, 3.78 g, 12h). Artaxata mint. Dated RY 36, month E (60 BC). Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; ζΛ (year) above arm, E (month) to right of palm, ΞK in exergue; all within wreath. SCADA Group 4, dies a25/p12 (unlisted combination); Kovacs 106.7; M&D 72; CAA 79; DCA 431 (75/4 BC on Armenian Era dating). Fine, toned, rough and pitted surfaces. Very rare.