“Alpha, Beta, Gamma”

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 668. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $500. 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; EΛY (year) above, [month in exergue]. Includes the following varieties: A behind head. Sellwood 79.13 // B behind head. Sellwood 79.14 // Γ behind head. Cf. Sellwood 79.11-2. All coins VF or better, attractive find patina. Three (3) coins in lot. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.