Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 661. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.35 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Holöos (July). Diademed and draped bust left / Orodes seated left on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting palm and holding scepter; OΛ (month) and monogram in exergue. Sellwood 46.5-6 var. (different month); Shore 210 var. (same). VF. Overstruck on uncertain undertype. Unusually full flan with clear month and monogram in exergue.