Head of Tigranes II facing right, lightly bearded, wearing tiara with five long peaks, decorated with a star and tied with a diadem. Bead and reel border
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Reverse description
King standing half left, head left, in Armenian tiara, wearing long tunic open in front to waist, drapery behind right shoulder, holding a long staff behind, and uncertain object (barsom sticks?)
Reverse script
Greek
Reverse lettering
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟV ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ
ΚΑΙ-ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Translation: King Tigranes the Great, the fatherly admirer of the Greeks)