KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 5.75 g, 12 h), series 2, 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 The Tyche of Tigranocerta seated to right on a rock, holding a laurel branch in her right hand; below right, river-god Araxes swimming to right; to right, above Tyche's arm, monogram of TP; to right, below Tyche's arm, A. ACV 48. Kovacs 81. YTN 64. Boldly struck with an attractive glossy dark green patina. Good very fine.
From the collection of Yerets' Kariatin, Switzerland.