Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 830. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CHARACENE. Tiraios II. Circa 79-48 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.10 gm). Dated Seleukid Era 234 (79/8 BC). Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding club; monogram to outer left, date in exergue. Le Rider, Characène pl. XX, 1; Alram 503.1; BMC Arabia -; De Morgan -. Toned VF, nicks in obverse field. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection.