KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.71 g, 12h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC. Near VF.Electronic Auction 543 Greek, 12h, Silver Sold For $ 425. 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 (26.5mm, 14.71 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 laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; HΔ monogram on rock, small Θ in right field; all within wreath. SCADA Group 2, obv. die A22 (Antioch mint); Kovacs 74.2; M&D 1; CAA 19; AC 30. Heavily smoothed surfaces. Near VF. |