Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 488. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. Circa AD 10-38. BI Tetradrachm (13.33 g, 12h). Seleukia on the Tigris mint. Dated Gorpiaios SE 338 (August AD 27). Diademed facing bust, long beard, long hair, no ear or earring visible / Artabanos on horseback left, receiving palm from Tyche, standing before him; ΓΡΠ monogram below horse. Sellwood (Artabanos II) 63.5; Shore 336. Near VF. Attractive obverse strike and good metal quality.