KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Dichalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.92 g, 11 h), period I, Nisibis mint, c. 90-80. Diademed head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with a star. Rev. BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPA-NOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOC Tigranes II standing facing, head to right and wearing tall tiara, holding long scepter with his right hand and eagle in his left. ACV 20. CAA 5. Kovacs 66 ( same dies ). Brown surfaces, clear fields; one of the best available examples of this type. Very fine.

From the collection of Yerets’ Kariatin, Switzerland.