Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 514. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CHARACENE. Tiraios II. Circa 79-48 BC. Billon Tetradrachm (14.92 gm). Dated Seleukid era 240 (72/1 BC). Diademed head right / [B]ASILEWS TIRAIOU [S]WTHROS [K]AI EUERGETOU, Herakles seated left on rock, holding club; INI above arm, AP behind rock, MS (date) in exergue. Le Rider, Characène pl. XX, 8 (this coin); Alram 503; BMC Arabia -; De Morgan -. Toned VF, light scratch in obverse field. ($400)

Ex 1959 Basra Hoard (ICGH 1786).