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Obolos 12

31 March 2018
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Starting Price: 500 CHF
Hammer Price:  1400 CHF
Lot 444

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II, 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26.5 mm, 15.77 g, 12 h), Tigranocerta, 80-68. Head of Tigranes II to right, wearing jeweled diademed tiara with five peaks and ornamented with an eight-pointed star between two eagles, their heads turned back toward the star; beed and reel border. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ Turreted and draped Tyche of Tigranocerta seated to right on rocks, holding palm with her outstretched right hand; on rock, monogram of ΣΩ; at her feet to right, the river god Araxes; all within laurel wreath. Kovacs 75.3 (this obverse die). Very rare variety; well struck and clear, with a particularly bold and unusual in style, portrait. Good very fine.

Online bidding closes: 31 Mar 2019, 18:42:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 12:09:28 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1400 CHF by MailBidder9750 (9 bids)
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