KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 19 mm, 4.72 g, 12 h), Tigranocerta, c. 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY Tyche of Tigranokerta seated right on rock, holding long palm frond in her right hand; below, river-god Araxes swimming right; in fields to right, monogram of TP and A. AC 48. Kovacs 81. Wonderful portrait of Tigranes II. Black patina. Extremely fine.
From the Thomas Kirby Collection, USA.