KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 16 mm, 4.29 g, 1 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. [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] - BAΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY Herakles standing facing, head to left, leaning right on club and holding lion's skin draped over his left arm; below, ΔH. Kovacs 90. Extremely rare. Minor earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine.
From an important collection of Armenian coins.