Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 662. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.12 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Holöos SE 275 (July, 37 BC). Diademed and draped bust left, wart on forehead / Phraates seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting diadem and holding cornucopia; EOC (year) below throne, OΛΩ (month) in exergue. Callataÿ, Tetradrachmes, pp. 47-8; Sellwood 50.3; Shore 268. VF. Overstruck on uncertain undertype. Unusually full flan with clear month in exergue.