KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.61 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Good VF.CNG Feature Auction 123 Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 1 200. 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 (29mm, 15.61 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Draped bust right, wearing jeweled diadem and tiara decorated with star between two eagles / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; no control marks; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A49, var. (monogram on rock on all reverses listed with this die); Kovacs 75.3 var. (monogram on rock); M&D 12 var. (same); CAA 23 var. (same); AC –. Light marks, small flan flaw on obverse, minor doubling on reverse. Good VF. Very rare variety with no monogram on rock. |