Triton XXI, Lot: 558. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes XVI. 78/7-62/1 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.96 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Diademed bust left / BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, MEΓAΛOV/APΣAKOV to right, ΘΕOΠATOPO[Σ]/EVEPΓETOV below, ΕΠI+ANOVΣ/+IΛEΛΛHNO[Σ] to left, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram above bow. Sellwood 30.7 (Unknown king); Sunrise 313 (this coin); Shore 130 (Orodes I). Good VF, toned.
Ex Sunrise Collection (New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016), lot 81.