Triton XVI, Lot: 634. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.83 g, 12h). Seleukia on the Tigris mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓA ΛOV/APΣAKOV ΘEOΠATPOΣ/EVEPΓETOV EΠIΦANOVΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram above bow. Sellwood 30.2 (Unknown King); Shore –; Sunrise 311. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare.

Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 670.