KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 15.5 mm, 3.58 g, 12 h), series 3, 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, leaning, with his right hand, on a club and with a lion's skin draped over his left arm; above to left and right, Δ - Η; below right, A. ACV -. CAA -. Kovacs 86. Unusually fine and clear for the type. Some pitting, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
From the collection of Yerets' Kariatin, Switzerland.