397, Lot: 243. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.96 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, ΘΕ to inner left, date in exergue. Sellwood 21.3; Sunrise 277. VF, toned, hair and beard tooled.

From the Nisa Collection.