KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.91 g, 1h). Tigranocerta mint. Struck circa 80-68 BC.Electronic Auction 462 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 1 000. 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 (26mm, 14.91 g, 1h). 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; monogram to inner right and on rock; all within wreath. SCADA Group 3, obv. die A39 (Antioch mint); Kovacs 71.2; M&D 29. Toned, some roughness, light deposits. VF. |