Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, circa 180s-170s BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 5.79 g, 9 h). 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡃𐡕 ('mtrdt' in Aramaic) Draped bust of Mithradates to left, wearing upright bashlyk. Rev. 𐡌𐡕𐡓𐡃𐡕 ('mtrdt' in Aramaic) Stag standing right. Kovacs 296 corr. (legends not noted due to poor condition). Extremely rare. Very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, Leu Web Auction 20, 16-18 July 2022, 1445, and from an important collection of Armenian coins, Leu Web Auction 14, 12-13 December 2020, 544.