Overstruck on a Tetradrachm of Phraatakes and Musa.
397, Lot: 264. Estimate $200. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vonones I. Circa AD 8-12. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.99 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated 32[...] SE (struck AD 8-12). Diademed bust left / Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm; year below wreath fillet, month off flan. Cf. Sellwood 60.1 (for type); Sunrise 406; cf. Shore 328 (same). VF, traces of deposits and graffiti. Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Phraatakes and Musa.
From the Nisa Collection.