KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia, circa 180s-170s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 12 mm, 1.42 g, 2 h). Draped bearded bust of Mithradates to left, wearing upright bashlyk.
Rev. Uncertain design. Kovacs -, cf. Leu 4 (2019), 360. Of the highest rarity and great importance. Spot of corrosion on the obverse and the reverse very weak
, otherwise, very fine.
From an important collection of Armenian coins.The reverse of this coin is very weak: it might be identical to Leu 4, 25 May 2019, 360, but it is hard to be sure. For a longer note on Mithradates, Satrap of Armenia, see
Leu 4, 25 May 2019, 358.