Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, circa 180s-170s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 14 mm, 2.70 g, 9 h). Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem. Rev. [𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡊𐡕] ('mtrdt' in Aramaic) Lion springing right. Kovacs -. Leu 4 (2019), 312. Extremely rare. Very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, acquired before 2021, ex Leu Web Auction 14, 12-13 December 2020, 548 and previously from an important collection of Armenian coins.