CNG 102, Lot: 684. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.27 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 188 (125 BC). Diademed bust right / Demeter seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; winged tritoness supporting throne; monogram to outer left,, HΠP (date) in exergue. Sellwood 21.1; Sunrise 277 var. (ΘE to inner left). Good VF, toned, some deposits on edge.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 275 (22 September 2011), lot 4073; G. Hirsch 211 (21 September 2000), lot 1412.