CNG 102, Lot: 679. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-127 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.08 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 129 BC. Diademed bust right / Male deity seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns him with wreath; monograms in exergue. Sellwood 17.1; Sunrise 267. VF, toned, minor roughness, a few light scratches under tone on obverse. Very rare.