Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 20 mm, 8.26 g, 12 h), Tigranokerta, circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - BAΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY The Tyche of Tigranokerta seated right on rock, holding long palm frond in her right hand; below, river-god Araxes swimming right; in fields, Δ-H / A. Kovacs 85. A wonderful piece with a superb portrait and an exceptionally sharp and complete reverse. Extremely fine.


From an important collection of Armenian coins, Leu 4, 25 May 2019, 329.