KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 15.12 g, 12 h), Tigranocerta, c. 80-68 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes to right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch in extended right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming to right; on rock, monogram; in field to right, Φ; all within wreath. CAA 20. SCADA Group 3. Well centered and toned. Good fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Bank Leu, Zurich, in 1969 for CHF 1650 (then c. $390).