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31 March 2018
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Unpublished new variety

Starting Price: 75 CHF
Hammer Price:  80 CHF
Lot 47

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.33 g, 11 h), period I, Nisibis mint, c. 80. Diademed head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with a star. Rev. [BAΣΙΛΕΩC] BACΙΛΕΩN MEΓAΛOY ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC Nike standing right, holding palm in her right extended hand; A monograms in inner left. ACV -. CAA -. Kovacs 67-68 var (reverse inscription, but probably same obverse die as 65). A very rare and unpublished variety with the addition of the title "King of the kings" to the name of Tigranes. A very important late issue of Nisibis. Some roughness, otherwise, good fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.

Online bidding closes: 31 Mar 2019, 15:23:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 23 Apr 2024, 18:29:22 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:80 CHF by MailBidder2339 (2 bids)
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