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31 March 2018
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Unpublished new type

Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  1000 CHF
Lot 80

KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes the Younger, 77/6-66 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 16 mm, 4.98 g, 1 h), uncertain mint possibly Artaxata, 74-71/70 BC. Head of Tigranes the Younger to right wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with a comet and jeweled diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY Palm branch tied with fillet. ACV -. CAA -. Kovacs - cf. 158 for similar style of the portrait. Unpublished in all major references; well centered with lovely dark glossy patina. Good very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.

The stylistic similarities of the obverse die with Kovacs 158 can certainly attribute our coin to this series. We thus have a new unpublished denomination of this quite rare type. This coin is die-linked with lot 82 (Kovacs 158) through the obverse die.

Online bidding closes: 31 Mar 2019, 15:40:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 14:22:38 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1000 CHF by MailBidder2339 (3 bids)
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