359, Lot: 137. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.25 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Apellaios 289 SE (November 24 BC). Diademed bust left / Phraates seated right, receiving palm from Tyche, holding cornucopia, standing left; [Θ]ΠC (year) below throne, ΛΠCΛΛΛ[IOY] (month) in exergue. Callataÿ,
Tétradrachmes dies D210/R – (unlisted rev. die); Sellwood 51.36; Sunrise –; Shore –. VF, find patina, minor porosity,
’shyzb(?) in Aramaic grafffiti to left on obverse.