“Alpha, Beta, Gamma”

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 350. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases III. Circa AD 105-147. Lot of BI Tetradrachms. All coins: Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 435 (AD 123/4). Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara; letter behind / Vologases seated left, receiving wreath from Tyche standing right, holding scepter; ELU (year) above; [month in exergue]. Includes the following varieties: A behind head. Sellwood 79.13 // B behind head. Sellwood 79.14 // G behind head. Cf. Sellwood 79.11-2. All coins Good VF, attractive find patina.