Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 835. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.76 gm). Antioch mint. Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles; beaded pyramidal points on tiara / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding branch, river-god Orontes swimming right below; + on rock below, monogram before. Nercessian Group 3 (A41/P?); CAA 20. VF/Good VF, toned, minor porosity, obverse struck a little softly. ($500)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.