Description: Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II the Great (95 - 56 BC). Chalkous, sixth series, Tigranokerta, ca. 70-69 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIΓPANOY ΔHMO; tripod.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 2,08 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: ACV 112; Kovacs 96; YTN 202

Commentary: rare; grey patina with some deposits

History: At ist greatest extent the Kingdom of Armenia under Tigranes II reached from the shores of the Caspain Sea to the shores of Mediterranean near Tarsus and Damascus.

Article Number: 035-09-05-44388