KINGS OF ARMENIA. Tigranes II ‘the Great’, 95-56 BC. Tetrachalkon (Bronze, 21 mm, 5.56 g, 1 h), Tigranokerta, circa 80-68. Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - [BAΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY] Tyche of Tigranokerta seated to right on rock, holding palm branch in her right hand; below, river-god Araxes swimming right. Kovacs 77. Traces of overstriking, otherwise, good fine.


The obverse shows some clear traces of overstriking, with the forelegs and the head of an animal being visible in the right field. The overstruck coin might have been a very rare earlier issue of Tigranes II with the king on horseback to the left (Kovacs 62).