Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Artaxias I, 190-160 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 13 mm, 1.00 g, 12 h), first series, with Aramaic legends. 𐡌𐡋𐡁𐡏 - 𐡏𐡓𐡕𐡇𐡔𐡎𐡂 ('rthṣsy mlk' in Aramaic) Head of Artaxias I to right, bearded and wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star and tied with a diadem. Rev. Eagle standing left with closed wings. Kocavs 42. Rare and unusually complete. Very fine.


Ex Leu 7, 24 October 2020, 1314 and previously from an important Californian collection of Armenian coins.