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                                55, Lot: 56. ARMENIA. Tigranes II, the Great. 
                                95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.84 gm). Antioch 
                                mint. Struck circa 83-69 BC. Estimate $750. Sold 
                                For $1320 

                                ARMENIA. Tigranes II, the Great. 95-56 BC. AR 
                                Tetradrachm (14.84 gm). Antioch mint. Struck 
                                circa 83-69 BC. Bust of Tigranes draped right, 
                                wearing Armenian tiara, adorned with an 
                                eight-pointed star flanked by two eagles looking 
                                back, fillet border / Tyche of Antioch, draped 
                                and wearing a turreted crown, seated right on a 
                                rock, holding a palm branch in right hand; at 
                                her feet, the river god Orontes swimming right, 
                                BASILEWS TIGPANOY, TP monogram in field; all 
                                within laurel wreath. Bedoukian, Coinage of the 
                                Artaxiads of Armenia, 17. TonedVF. ($750)







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From cngcoins.com on-site auction number 55, closed December 18, 2002.

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