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Auction 10  24 Oct 2021
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Lot 2194

Estimate: 2000 CHF
Price realized: 3200 CHF
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KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 15.80 g, 12 h), Tigranokerta, circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with comet star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - TIΓPANOY The Tyche of Tigranokerta, turreted and veiled, seated right on rock, holding long palm frond in her right hand; below, river-god Araxes swimming right; on rock, TP above A; all within wreath. Kovacs -, cf. 72.2 (without the TP). SCADA A64-P8a, p. 79, pl. 72. Of the highest rarity, perhaps the second known example. Beautifully struck and with a very attractive portrait. Struck on a somewhat short flan, otherwise, good very fine.
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