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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 950 CHF
Hammer Price:  4000 CHF
Lot 226

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 15.65 g, 12 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 ΣΩ with circular monogram above; at her feet to right, the river god Araxes; all within laurel wreath. Bedoukian 21/23. Kovacs 75.1. Clear and with a good portrait. Somewhat porous surfaces with minor pitting and traces of dark encrustations, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 14:51:17 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4000 CHF

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