CNG 103, Lot: 454. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. Circa AD 38-46. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.51 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Apellaios 355 SE (November, AD 43). Diademed bust left / Vardanes seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia; ENT (year) above, AΠEΛΛAIOY (month) in exergue. Sellwood 64.21; cf. Sunrise 413 (for type). Good VF, lightly toned, traces of deposits on reverse.