★ A very rare dichalkon of Tigranes II ★

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.00 g, 12 h), Nisibis, circa 90-80. Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with a star and tied with a diadem. Rev. BAΣΙΛЄΩΣ / MЄΓAΛOY - [T]IΓPANOY / [ΦΙΛЄΛΛHNOC] Nike standing right, holding wreath in her right hand; in field to right, A / A. Kovacs 68. Very rare. Very fine.

From an important collection of Armenian coins.