Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.98 g, 12 h), Tigranokerta, circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem. Rev. [BA]ΣΙΛEΩΣ - BAΣΙΛE[ΩΣ / TIΓPANOY] Herakles standing facing, head to left, leaning right on club and holding lion's skin draped over his left arm; in fields, TP and A. Kovacs 82. Repatinated, otherwise, very fine.


From an important collection of Armenian coins.