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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 170

Estimate: 3500 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Kingdom of Armenia, Tigranes II "the Great" (95-56 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 15.72g, 1h. Mint of Antioch. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II facing right, wearing a tiara ornamented with a star between two eagles. Rev. Tyche of Antioch seated right on a rock, holding a palm-branch, river god Orontes swimming below to right, monogram on rock and in field (SCADA Group I, A14/P118b (this coin illustrated); Nercessian, ANJ XXVII/4, A13/P100c (this coin)). Attractively toned, nearly extremely fine. Rare.

Estimate: $3,500
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