KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.43 g, 1h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. VF.Electronic Auction 577 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 350. 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 (27mm, 15.43 g, 1h). 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, pellet to inner right; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A61; Kovacs 75.2; M&D 7; CAA 31–2; AC 33. Toned, some roughness, area of weak strike, minor flan flaw on obverse. VF. |