KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.11 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC.CNG Feature Auction 114 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.11 g, 12h). 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 on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, dies A59/P79 (Antioch mint); Kovacs 75.3; M&D 4; CAA 21; AC 33. Toned, some porosity, a little off center on reverse. Near EF. |