KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.86 g, 11h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Good VF.Electronic Auction 571 – Session 1 Greek, Silver Estimate: $ 300 |
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.86 g, 11h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram to inner right, monogram on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 1, obv. die A4; Kovacs 74.1; M&D 2; CAA 17; AC 30. Lightly toned, die breaks on obverse. Good VF. |