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31 March 2018
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Very scarce type in the Tigranes series

Starting Price: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  600 CHF
Lot 40

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 19 mm, 4.06 g, 3 h), period I, Artaxata mint, c. 96-80. Diademed head of Tigranes II to right, wearing Armenian tiara. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ [ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ] Tigranes riding to left, ready to throw spear. ACV 148 corr. CAA -. Kovacs 62. Extremely rare type. Some roughness, otherwise, about very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.

Online bidding closes: 31 Mar 2019, 15:20:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 00:43:51 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:600 CHF by augustus (2 bids)
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