KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 15.67 g, 1 h), Tigranokerta, circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with comet star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - TIΓPANOY The Tyche of Tigranikerta seated right on rock, holding long laurel branch in her right hand; below, river-god Araxes swimming right; on rock, monogram; in right field, monogram of AP; all within wreath. AC 30. Kovacs 74.1. SCADA group 1. The obverse weakly struck and with a scrape, otherwise, about very fine.
From an important collection of Armenian coins.