Watch List notes:

KINGS OF SOPHENE. Arsames, circa 255-225 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 3.44 g, 11 h), first series. APΣA Head of Arsames to right, wearing bashlyk with beaded edges, tied with a diadem. Rev. [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] / APΣAMO[Y] King on horseback to right, hurling spear at a leaping lion. Kovacs -, cf. 2 (anepigraphic obverse). Apparently unpublished and unique with the king's name on the obverse. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about very fine.


From an important collection of Armenian coins.