SH85956. Bronze dichalkon, Kovacs AJN 20 p. 340 and pl. 81, 5; Bedoukian CCA 128 (Tigranes II); Nercessian ACV 122 (Tigranes II); MDHRAC -, F, porous, weak legends not visible - as on most known specimens, Artaxata (Artashat, Armenia) mint, weight 4.214g, maximum diameter 19.1mm, die axis 0
o, 2nd reign, c. 2 B.C.; obverse ...EME - TIΓPAN (or similar), jugate busts of Tigranes and Erato right, Tigranes draped and wearing a tall Armenian tiara with five point and ornamented with a star; reverse ΦIΛOKAIΣAP (friend of Caesar),
twin peaks of Mount Ararat, as seen from the Armenian capital Artaxata, A (regnal year 1) below;
extremely rare;
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