Tigranes II - Period 2, Tigranocerta - AR Tetradrachm - Kovacs-71.3 proposition
Identifier
Kovacs-71.3 proposition; ANRO-958
Reference Description
Tigranes II the Great 95-56 BC
Period II: Empire, ca. 80-68 BC
AR Tetradrachm
Obv. Bust of Tigranes II right, draped, wearing tiara with five peaks sometimes with beads, decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem. Bead and reel border.
Rev. Tyche of Artaxata holding a palm branch, seated right on an elbow-shaped promontory; the river god Araxes at her feet swimming right; on right downward ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, on left downward TIΓPANOY, wreath border.
Current examples only carry the primary control mark for the sub-series. SCADA lists four examples of this coin
Period II: Empire, ca. 80-68 BC
AR Tetradrachm
Obv. Bust of Tigranes II right, draped, wearing tiara with five peaks sometimes with beads, decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem. Bead and reel border.
Rev. Tyche of Artaxata holding a palm branch, seated right on an elbow-shaped promontory; the river god Araxes at her feet swimming right; on right downward ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, on left downward TIΓPANOY, wreath border.
Current examples only carry the primary control mark for the sub-series. SCADA lists four examples of this coin
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Citation
“Tigranes II - Period 2, Tigranocerta - AR Tetradrachm - Kovacs-71.3 proposition,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed May 4, 2024, http://armnumres.org/items/show/958.