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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 175 CHF
Hammer Price:  220 CHF
Lot 228

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 5.75 g, 12 h), series 2, Tigranocerta, circa 80-68. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY The Tyche of Tigranocerta seated to right on a rock, holding a laurel branch in her right hand; below right, river-god Araxes swimming to right; to right, above Tyche's arm, monogram of TP; to right, below Tyche's arm, A. ACV 48. Kovacs 81. YTN 64. Boldly struck with an attractive glossy dark green patina. Good very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 04:00:43 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:220 CHF

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