Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 370. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $5100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.57 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Draped bust right, wearing tiara with star and eagles; pyramidal points on tiara / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; to inner right, star/D/M; H to inner right. Nercessian Group 11 (A69/P8); CAA 29 var. (no star; same obv. die as plate coin); AC 36 (same dies as plate coin). Good VF, minor porosity, die break and light scratch on obverse. ($1500)