386, Lot: 382. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.78 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 129 BC. Diademed bust right / Demeter seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; winged tritoness supporting throne; monogram to outer left; Θ to inner left; H(over Π)ΠP (date) in exergue. Sellwood 21.2 var. (H not cited as recut over Π); Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 12361 = Triton V, lot 1589 (same dies). VF, cleaning scratches, roughness, deposits on reverse, some porosity. Extremely rare with recutting of date.