Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 16 mm, 4.80 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. BAΣΙΛEΩΣ - BAΣΙΛEΩ[N] / 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. Nearly very fine.


From an important collection of Armenian coins.