Unusual Tiara

CNG 105, Lot: 515. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. Circa AD 78-120. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.31 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated 404 SE (AD 92/3). Bust left, wearing tiara with upward earflap and star; A to right / Pakoros seated left, receiving wreath from Tyche standing right; ΔY (year) above, month off flan. Cf. Sellwood 77.1 (for type); Sunrise 435; Shore –. VF, light toning in devices. Extremely rare with the raised ear flap and star on tiara, only two in CoinArchives.