CNG 106, Lot: 571. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Abdagses. Circa 5 BC-AD 19/20. CU Tetradrachm (22mm, 8.81 g, 9h). Uncertain mint in Northern Arachosia/Kabul Valley. Diademed and draped bust right / Nike standing right, cradling palm frond and holding wreath:go and dra in Kharosthi to left. Senior 224.2aT = AIC 296 (this coin); HGC 12, –. VF, brown patina, a few light marks on reverse. Extremely rare and attractive portrait coin.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.