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Obolos 12

31 March 2018
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Starting Price: 75 CHF
Hammer Price:  80 CHF
Lot 439

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.94 g, 12 h), Period I, Nisibis mint, 90-80. Diademed head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with a star (faintly visible). Rev. BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHN (in slightly barbarized letters) Tigranes standing facing, his head turned to right, wearing tall tiara and holding scepter with his right hand and eagle in his left. ACV 20. CAA 5. Kovacs 66. Dark green glossy patina; fine details for type and rarity. One of the best preserved obverse for this type. Doublestruck on both sides and some uncleaned deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From an important collection of Armenian coins.

Online bidding closes: 31 Mar 2019, 18:39:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 16:28:48 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:80 CHF by MailBidder5405 (2 bids)
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