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Tigranes II, the Great. Tyche Tetradrachm of Antioch.
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Seleukids. Tigranes II the Great 95-56 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.88 gm, 27.3mm, 12h) of Antioch on the Orontes, 83-70 BC. Diademed & draped bust right, tiara decorated with star b/w two eagles. / Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding laurel branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming to right, monogram Σ on rock. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟΥ. gVF. Bt. Louis di Lauro, 2000. ex-Spink. Nercessian SCADA grp. 7 (Antioch A57/P?), AC 33; Mousheghian & Depeyrot 4; Bedoukian CAA 21; Kovacs 75.2. cf CNG EA448 #183-4 (same obv. die); Dewing 2649 (no Σ); Houghton CSE I #397 (same); Newell SMA p. 125, pl. XIII A (same).
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