CNG 102, Lot: 693. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. BI Tetradrachm (32mm, 14.34 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed bust left / Orodes seated left, holding scepter and Nike, who crowns him with wreath; pellet below throne. Sellwood 48.1 var. (no pellet); Sunrise 377. VF, toned, light surface roughness, lamination on edge of reverse.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection.