Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 459. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. 38-2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.07 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid era 278 (35/4 BC). Diademed bust left, wart on forehead, neck torque ends in sea horse / BACILE[WS] BACILEWN ARSAKO[U] EUERGETOU DIKAIOU EPIFANOU[S] FILELLHN[OS], Phraates seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting a palm and holding cornucopiae; HOC (year) between throne legs, [month in exergue]. Cf. Sellwood 51.1-6; cf. Shore 269; cf. BMC Parthia pg. 99, 2; cf. MACW 584. Near EF, typical light granularity. ($500)