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LOT 3269
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Dated RY 6 (91/0 BC). Nisibis mint.
Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with star and tied with diadem; to left, c/m: APK within rectangular incuse / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY, tree; in inner left and right fields, I ς (date). Kovacs 64. Very Fine.(3.83gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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