396, Lot: 290. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.85 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 188 (125 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, ΗΠΡ (date) in exergue. Sellwood 21.2 (Artabanos I); Sunrise –; Shore –. Near VF, areas of light toning, cleaning marks, roughness on reverse.

From the Parthicus Collection.