Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 77 26 Nov 2020
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Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' Imitative AR Tetradrachm. Samosata(?), after circa 69-66 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks and emblazoned with star between two eagles; bead and reel border around / [BA]ΣIΛEOΣ TIΓPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock pile, holding palm frond, river god Orontes swimming to right below; TP monogram to inner right; all within laurel wreath. ACV 35; CAA 24-25; Kovacs 123 (same obv. die). 15.31g, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.