Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Artaxias I, 190-160 BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 13 mm, 1.87 g, 1 h), second series, with Greek legends. Head of Artaxias I to right, bearded and wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star and tied with a diadem. Rev. [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ - AP]TAΞEP[ΞOY] Bunch of grapes. Kovacs 48. Very rare. The obverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, acquired before 2021, ex Leu Web Auction 14, 12-13 December 2020, 517 and previously from an important collection of Armenian coins.