Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Artaxias I, 190-160 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 15 mm, 4.21 g, 1 h), second series, with Greek legends. Head of Artaxias I to right, bearded and wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star and tied with a diadem. Rev. [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ] - APTAΞEPΞ[OY] Cornucopiae tied with a fillet; to right, [CA]; to left, XP. Kovacs 46. Very rare and with an exceptionally clear name of the king. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.


From an important Californian collection of Armenian coins.