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20 November 2016
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A well struck and pedigreed Tetradrachm of Tigranes II ‘the Great’

Starting Price: 1600 CHF
Hammer Price:  2400 CHF
Lot 591

KINGS of ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26mm, 15.43 g 12), Antioch. Diademed and draped bust of Tigranes to right, wearing tiara decorated with star between two eagles. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch in her extended right hand; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; below his arm, monogram; on rock, monogram; all within wreath. AC 33. CAA 21. M&D 4. SCADA Group 7. An attractive exmaple. Good very fine.


From a Swiss collection, ex SKA Monetarium FPL 61, Spring 1994, 77.

Online bidding closes: 20 Nov 2016, 19:55:00 CET Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 11:08:08 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2400 CHF by MailBidder3665 (4 bids)
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