Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, circa 180s-170s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 13 mm, 2.40 g, 4 h). Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem. Rev. A bashlyk with curved top. Kovacs 29 corr. ('Mithradates I of Sophene'). Extremely rare. Very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, acquired before 2021, ex Leu Web Auction 14, 12-13 December 2020, 551 and previously from an important collection of Armenian coins.