Triton XIV, Lot: 408. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.06 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Gorpiaios SE 275 (August 37 BC). Diademed and draped bust left, wart on forehead, wearing short beard and torque ending in sea-horse or griffin; all within pelleted border / BACIΛE(Ω with central pellet)C BACΛE(Ω with central pellet)N ΛPCAK[OY]/EYEPΓET[OY] ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOYC ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC, Phraates seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting diadem and holding cornucopia; Є•C (year) below throne, ΓTetradrachmes, pl. XIX, 2; Sellwood 50.2; Shore -; BMC 1 var. (month); MACW -; PDC Phraates IV - this coin illustrated for Sellwood 50.2 tetradrachm. EF, lightly toned.