Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, circa 180s-170s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 12 mm, 1.95 g, 1 h). Draped female bust to left. Rev. Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem; before, monogram of AP; behind, 𐡒 ('q' in Aramaic). Kovacs 30 corr. (legend not noted and obverse and reverse inverted). Rare and unusually attractive. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, Leu Web Auction 20, 16-18 July 2022, 1451, and from an important collection of Armenian coins, Leu Web Auction 14, 12-13 December 2020, 552.