Leu Numismatik AG
Web Auction 5 23 Sep 2018
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KINGS OF COMMAGENE. Antiochos I Theos, circa 69-34 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 16 mm, 4.71 g, 12 h), Samosata. Draped bust of Antiochos I to right, wearing tiara of Tigranes II of Armenia. Rev. ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ] Lion walking right. Kovacs 227. RPC I 3845. Drilling hole on the obverse and numerous 'test cuts' on the reverse, otherwise, fine.
From an important collection of Armenian coins.
This is a curious coin: its flan has been cut down to a smaller diameter in antiquity and both the obverse and reverse have intentionally been damaged. Did somebody not like the King, or was the coin simply used as a game token?
From an important collection of Armenian coins.
This is a curious coin: its flan has been cut down to a smaller diameter in antiquity and both the obverse and reverse have intentionally been damaged. Did somebody not like the King, or was the coin simply used as a game token?