Ancients
ARMENIAN KINGDOM. Tigranes II the Great (95-56 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 15.80 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Tigranocerta, ca. 83-70 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II right, wearing tiara with starburst between eagles standing outward looking inward; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TIΓPANOY, Tyche seated right on rock, palm in right hand, river god Araxes swimming right before; AP monogram in right field, HΔ monogram on base of rock, laureate border. Kovacs 74.1. AC 30. Delightful example with wonderfully rendered dies struck on a frosty flan.
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