Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 15 mm, 5.09 g, 12 h), a contemporary imitation, uncertain mint. 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 Tyche seated to right on rock, holding palm branch in her right hand; below, river-god swimming right. Kovacs 124 var. (tetrachalkon). Very fine.


From an important collection of Armenian coins.