CNG 102, Lot: 683. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.86 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed bust right / Demeter seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; winged tritoness supporting throne; to outer left, horse’s head left; monograms in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 21.4 (for type, but with no horse’s head and
O instead of
s); Sunrise 275 var. (no horse’s head); PDC 31011. VF, toned, minor porosity. Rare.