KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes IV, second reign, with Erato, 2 BC-AD 1. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.76 g, 11 h), struck under Augustus, Artaxata. [BACIΛEYC MEΓΑC TIΓΡANHC] Jugate busts of Tigranes IV, wearing four-pointed tiara, and Erato to right. Rev. [ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙCΑΡ] The twin peaks of Mount Ararat, as seen from Artaxata; A in exergue. ACV 182-183. CAA 165-166. Kovacs 179. RPC 3842. Extremely rare and important example. Rough surfaces and circulated for almost a century, otherwise, good fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.