Armenian Kingdom. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. Circa 80-68 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.05g, 25mm). Tigranocerta mint. Kovacs 74.2

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Armenian Kingdom. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. Circa 80-68 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.05g, 25mm). Tigranocerta mint. Obv.: draped bust right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks and emblazoned with star between two eagles; bead and reel border around. Rev.: BAΣIΛEOΣ TIΓPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock pile, holding palm frond, river god Orontes swimming below to right; Θ to inner right, ΔH monogram to lower left, all within laurel wreath. SCADA Group 4; Kovacs 74.2; ACV 31; CAA 19. EF.