KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 15.86 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Near EF.CNG Feature Auction 123 Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 1 300. 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, 15.86 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 filleted laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram on rock, pellet in inner right field; all within wreath. SCADA Group 7, obv. die A60; Kovacs 75.2; M&D 7; CAA 31–2; AC 33. Light marks, scratch in field on obverse, minor deposits on reverse. Near EF. |