Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 794. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. 38-2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.06 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa Seleukid Era 278-279 (25-23 BC). Diademed bust left, wart on forehead, neck torque ends in sea horse / Phraates seated right on throne, Athena standing left before him, presenting diadem and holding sceptre; [year and month in exergue]. Cf. Sellwood 52; cf. Shore 273; cf. BMC Parthia pg. 105, 34; cf. MACW 585. Toned, good VF, some porosity. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection.