412, Lot: 314. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. Circa AD 38-46. AR Tetradrachm (14.37 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Xandikos 354 SE (March AD 43). Diademed bust left / Vardanes seated right, receiving palm frond from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia; year above; month in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 64.11-8 (for type); Sunrise –; Shore 350 var. (month). VF, some graffiti in fields.

From the Nisa Collection.