Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 769. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.57 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed and draped bust left / Orodes seated left on throne, holding Nike and scepter. Sellwood 48.1; Shore 212. Good VF, areas of minor porosity on reverse. Attractive, well-centered strike.