Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 487. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases II. 77-80 AD. AR Drachm (3.73 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, short pointed beard, ear visible, wearing tiara decorated with "hooks"; abbreviated name in Parthian script behind /
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[FI]LHX[...], Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 72.8; Shore 388; BMC Parthia pg. 214, 38; MACW 662. Good VF, spots of light encrustation. ($200)
Ex Dr. Mesrop Abgarians Collection (Malter 51, 2 June 1993), lot 335.