400, Lot: 429. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38/7-2 BC. BI Tetradrachm (2820mm, 14.72 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Panemos 288 SE (June 24 BC). Diademed bust left / Phraates seated right, receiving wreath from Athena standing left, holding cornucopia; month and date in exergue. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 333-5; Sellwood 52.04; Sunrise –; cf. Shore 273 (for type). VF, toned, light graffiti on obverse.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor.