CNG 102, Lot: 680. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-127 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.18 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed bust right / Male deity seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns him with wreath; monogram and Ξ in exergue. Sellwood 17.3; Sunrise –. VF, some weakness of strike, spot of encrustation and minor scratch on reverse.