★ An attractive dichalkon of Tigranes II ★

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 15 mm, 3.11 g, 1 h), Tigranokerta, circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem. Rev. [BAΣΙΛEΩΣ] - BAΣΙΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY Cornucopia tied with a fillet; below, [ΔH]. Kovacs 87. Very fine.

From an important collection of Armenian coins.