KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 19 mm, 4.80 g, 12 h), series 1, Tigranocerta, circa 80-68. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY Herakles standing facing, head to left, setting club on the ground with his right hand; lion's skin draped over his left arm. ACV 73-75. Kovacs 78 (this reverse die). Very well-struck and unusually attractive, with a dark-brown patina. Nearly extremely fine.
From the collection of Yerets' Kariatin, Switzerland.