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31 March 2018
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Interesting posthumous issue of Tigranes I

Starting Price: 150 CHF
Hammer Price:  320 CHF
Lot 38

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes I, 121-96 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 3.98 g, 1 h), struck post-mortem in Artaxata, under Tigranes II 'the Great', after 96. Diademed head of the deified Tigranes I to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star. Rev. BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓ[AΛOY TI]ΓPANOY ΘEOY Elephant standing to left. ACV 145-146. CAA 143. Kovacs 54 (this obverse die). A very rare issue of Tigranes the Great, honouring his deceased father. Some uncleaned deposits, otherwise, about very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.

Online bidding closes: 31 Mar 2019, 15:19:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 15:14:45 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:320 CHF by augustus (5 bids)
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