386, Lot: 381. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-127 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.12 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 129 BC. Diademed bust right / Male deity seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns him with wreath; in exergue, monogram and Ξ. Sellwood 17.3; Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 21532. VF, toned, light circulation marks, trace of copper deposit on edge of obverse. Very rare.