Triton XX, Lot: 426. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vonones I. Circa AD 8-12. BI Tetradrachm (30mm, 12.39 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Audinaios 323 SE (December AD 11). BACIΛЄV[...]И BACIΛ[...]И И[...], diademed bust left; all within pelleted border / CΛCIΛCΩ[C]/CΛCIΛCΩ[N] above, ΛPCΛKO[V]/CVCIΓCTO[V] to right, ΔIKΛIO below, CΠIΦANOVC/ΦIΛHΛΛHNOC to left, Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm; ГKT (date) below wreath ties; ΛΥΔΙIIΛIOY (month) in exergue; quadrate Cs and Os in legend. Sellwood 60.4 var. (month); Sunrise 406; cf. Shore 328. Good VF, toned. Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Phraatakes and Musa (Sellwood type 58).