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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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A very important "Hybrid" coin

Estimate: 150 CHF
Hammer Price:  160 CHF
Lot 233

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes the Younger, 77/6-66 BC. Half chalkous (Bronze, 13.5 mm, 2.41 g, 12 h), series 6 of Tigranes the "Great", Tigranocerta, circa 70-69. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes the Younger to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a comet. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY / ΔH-MO Horse grazing to right. ACV 121. CAA -. Kovacs 97.1 (see also the comment to the half chalkous of Tigranes the Younger, Kovacs 148). An important hybrid with an obverse die bearing the portrait of Tigranes the Younger combined with a reverse die intended for Tigranes II. Brown patina. Both sides struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 07:42:21 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:160 CHF

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