Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, circa 180s-170s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 12 mm, 0.85 g, 9 h). Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem. Rev. [𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡊𐡕] ('mtrdt' in Aramaic) Lion walking left. Kovacs 28 corr. ('Mithradates I of Sophene'). Extremely rare and unusually attractive. About very fine.


From an important collection of Armenian coins.