Kings of Armenia. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Drachm (Silver, 20 mm, 3.72 g, 12 h), Artaxata, year 36, month H = 61/60 BC. Draped bust of Tigranes to right, wearing tiara ornamented with a star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / BAΣIΛEΩN - TIΓPANOY Tyche of Antioch seated right on rocks, holding a laurel branch in her extended right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming to right; above Tyche's arm, ?Λ (= 36); above Orontes's head, H; in exergue, ZC. Bedoukian 75. Kovacs 106.10SCADA Group 7, c. Rare. Toned, clear and struck on a broad flan. Nearly very fine. From a European collection.
Price realized | 1'800 CHF |
Starting price | 1'000 CHF |
Estimate | 1'250 CHF |