CNG 105, Lot: 509. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes. 2 BC-circa AD 4/5. BI Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.93 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Xandikos 311 SE (March 1 BC). Diademed bust left; Nikai flanking, crowning Phraatakes with wreaths / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; AIT (year) below bow, [Ξ]ΑNΔ[IKOY] (month) in exergue. Sellwood 57.5; Sunrise 401 var. (month); Shore 314. Good VF, minor scratches in field.

From the Nisa Collection.