Tigranes II the Great   Armenia
Τιγράνης Β' ο Μέγας   Αρμενία


  

AE 18

SHH 3661

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference

5.50 g   17.3-17.9 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF Draped head of Tigranes right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara. Nude Herakles (Vahagn) standing left, left arm folded holding lion's skin and right hand leaning on club; downward legends to right ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ], to left ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΝ] / ΤΙΓΡΑΝ[ΟΥ] ; TP monogramm in upper left field. Artaxata mint, struck 70-55 BC. Ex J .S. Wagner Collection. Bedukian 101; Lindgren III 963; Mousheghian & Depeyrot 86; Nercessian 65/67; Sear Greek 7209