Rare Artabanos IV Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 600. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1060. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos IV. Circa AD 80-90. BI Tetradrachm (13.87 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 392 (AD 80/1). Diademed and draped bust left, long pointed beard, earring visible / Artabanos seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a scepter; year above, [month in exergue]. Cf. Sellwood 74.2-5 (Artabanos III); Shore -. Good VF, toned, usual light roughness. Rare.

Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1103.