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306, Lot: 220. Estimate $75.
Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases IV. Circa AD 147-191. Æ Dichalkon (14mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Seleukeia mint. Dated SE 476 (AD 164/5). Crowned bust of Vologases IV left; ςOV (date) before / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; A before. Sellwood 84.145; Shore 633; DCA 659. Near VF, green patina. Scarce.


In 164-165, the Roman general Avidius Cassius’ successfully invaded Parthia and captured several major cities, Seleukeia being among them. Parthia would be forced to sue for peace in 165.