ANCIENT GREECE. KINGDOM OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'

ANCIENT GREECE. KINGDOM OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'

Lot 192 · Consigned by Mac

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ANCIENT GREECE. KINGDOM OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II 'the Great'.

Silver Tetradrachm, circa 80-68 BC. Tigranokerta.

Obv: diademed and draped bust right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks, adorned with star flanked by two eagles and jewelled diadem. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock pile, holding palm, Orontes swimming right below; ΔH monogram on rock and Θ to inner right field, all within wreath.