Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Mithradates, circa 180s-170s BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 12 mm, 1.63 g, 9 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). Rare and unusually attractive. Good very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, Leu Web Auction 20, 16-18 July 2022, 1450, ex Leu Web Auction 16, 22-24 May 2021, 1221.