403, Lot: 297. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.08 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed bust right / Demeter seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; winged tritoness supporting throne; to inner left, horse’s head right; monograms in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 21.4 (for type, but with no horse’s head and different monogram); Sunrise 275 var. (no horse’s head); Shore –; PDC 5655 = CNG 55, lot 751. VF, toned, numerous cleaning scratches. Extremely rare variety.

From the Nisa Collection.