KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 15.95 g, 1h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Good VF.

Triton XXVIII – Session 5
Lot: 5208. Estimated: $ 300

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 2 500. 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 (28.5mm, 15.95 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; ΔH monogram on rock, monogram-in-circle in left field; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, dies A55/P35; Kovacs 75.1 var. (monogram on rock); M&D 1 var. (left field control); CAA –; AC –. Trace deposits, some spots of roughness, a few marks. Good VF. Extremely rare with these controls, only known on one reverse die.


Closing Date and Time: 22 January 2025 at 11:09:00 ET.



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