343, Lot: 215. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. Æ Chalkous (18.5mm, 5.66 g, 10h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 69-55 BC. Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star / Nike advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand; ΔHM[O?] in exergue. M&D 35; cf. Nercessian,
Tigranes 16 (Damaskos mint); CAA 114; AC 78. Fine, dark green patina with earthen deposits, some cleaning marks.