CNG 103, Lot: 441. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.85 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 188 (125 BC). Diademed bust right / Demeter seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; winged tritoness supporting throne; monogram to outer left, ΘΕ to inner left, ΗΠΡ (date) in exergue. Sellwood 21.3 (Artabanos I); Sunrise 276. VF, a few light cleaning marks, spot of porosity and minor silver deposits on reverse.