Tigranes II - Period 2, Tigranocerta - AR Tetradrachm - Kovacs-75.4

Identifier

Kovacs-75.4; ANRO-953

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.

Files

Heritage 232018 lot 65122.png
Tigranes Kovacs-75.pdf

Citation

“Tigranes II - Period 2, Tigranocerta - AR Tetradrachm - Kovacs-75.4,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed December 22, 2024, https://armnumres.org/items/show/953.