Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 796. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes. 2 BC - 4 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (9.30 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid Era Artemisiou 311 (April, 2/1 BC). Diademed bust left, wart on forehead; Nikes flying right before [and left behind], crowning him / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; pellet below throne, year below bow, month in exergue. Sellwood 57.4 var. (no pellet under throne); Shore -; BMC Parthia pg. 137, 5; cf. MACW 601. Toned VF, small test cut in obverse field. ($200)
From the Bellaria Collection.