Watch List notes:

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great', 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 15.87 g, 12 h), Antiochia on the Orontes (?), circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a comet star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - TIΓPANOY Eutychides' Tyche of Antiochia, turreted and veiled, seated right on rock, holding long palm frond in her right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; on rock, monogram. Kovacs 75.2. SCADA Group 8. A beautiful piece struck on excellent metal and with an incredibly sharp portrait. Light marks and with a minor area of weakness on the reverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.