Triton XVI, Lot: 639. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CHARACENE. Tiraios II. 79/78-49/48 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.09 g, 12h). Charax-Spasinu mint. Dated SE 244 (69/8 BC). Diademed head right within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ/TIPAI(quadrate O)Y [Σ]ΩTHP(quadrate O)Σ/[KAI EYEPΓET(quadrate O)Y], Herakles, diademed, seated left on rock, holding club set on knee in right hand and resting left hand at side; NIK to inner left above, AP to inner right below. Le Rider, Monnaies 18-9; Alram 503; BMC –; DeMorgan –; Sunrise 465; DCA 483. Good VF, toned, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. Excellent metal for issue.

Ex Frederick C. Schang, Jr. Collection (Spink-Smythe, 16 January 2012), lot 1123.