KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.11 g, 12 h), second series, Tigranokerta, c. 80-68. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY Cornucopia filled with fruits and bound with fillet; below, TP and A monograms. CAA 104. Kovacs 83. YTN 160. Struck on a broad flan. Stripped patina, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.