KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 15.80 g, 12h). Official imitation struck under Antiochos I of Commagene. Samosata mint(?). Struck circa 69-56 BC.Triton XXIII – Session Two – Greek Coinage Part II through Roman Imperial Coinage Part I Greek, Silver Sold For $ 3 000. 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 (29mm, 15.80 g, 12h). Official imitation struck under Antiochos I of Commagene. Samosata mint(?). Struck circa 69-56 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch in extended right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; monogram to inner right; all within wreath. Kovacs 123; SCADA Group 6, dies A48/P13; M&D 49; CAA 24–5 and 40–1; AC 35. Lightly toned. Good VF. Well centered on a broad flan. |