Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1009. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.23 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 129-128 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Bearded male deity enthroned left, wearing chiton and kalathos, holding Nike and cornucopia; two monograms in exergue. Sellwood 17.1 corr. (position of monograms); Shore -. Good VF, toned. Rare.