Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 467. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes. 2 BC - 4 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (10.22 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid era 311 (2/1 BC). Diademed bust left, wart on forehead; Nikes flying right before, and left behind, crowning him / BACILEW[C] BACILEWN AP-CAK[OY] EUERGET[OU] DIKAIO EPIFANOYC [F]ILELLHN[OC], Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; pellet below throne, AIT (year) below bow, [month in exergue]. Sellwood 57.1-9 var. (no pellet under throne); cf. Shore 316; BMC Parthia pg. 137, 5-7 var. (same); MACW -. Toned, good VF. [See color enlargement on plate 7] ($300)