Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tiridates II (?), circa 217-252. AE (Bronze, 23 mm, 5.86 g, 6 h). Bearded head of Tiridates II to left, wearing five-pointed tiara tied with a diadem; all within laurel wreath. Rev. 𐡑𐡓𐡃𐡈 / Ϟ𐡌𐡋𐡁 / ΛΙΛ ('trdt mlk' in Aramaic) in three lines within laurel wreath. Kovacs 204 var. (slightly differing tiara). A clear and attractive example. Very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, ex Naumann E-Auction 100, 7 March 2021, 271, Künker 341, 1 October 2020, 5042 and Obolos 12, 31 March 2019, 447.