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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 850 CHF
Hammer Price:  3600 CHF
Lot 225

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II, 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 15.71 g, 1 h), Tigranocerta, 80-68. Head of Tigranes II to right, wearing diademed tiara with five peaks and ornamented with an eight-pointed star between two eagles, their heads turned back towards the star; beed and reel border. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ Turreted and draped Tyche of Artaxata seated to right on rocks, holding palm with her outstretched right hand; on rock, monogram of ΔΗ; at her feet to right, the river god Araxes; in the field to right, monogram of ΑΡ; all within laurel wreath. Bedoukian 17. Kovacs 74.1. Clear and with a good portrait. Slightly porous surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2024, 00:58:17 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3600 CHF

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