90, Lot: 37. Estimate $100. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. 70/69 - 58/7 BC. Æ Dichalkos (16mm, 2.94 gm). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 67/6-63/2 BC. Diademed bust left; Nike flying left behind, crowning him / Horse advancing right. Sellwood 36.19 corr. (Darius?; tetrachalkos); Shore 162 (this coin); BMC Parthia pg. 60, 40. Near VF, dark brown patina with touches of green, light porosity.
From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Fred B. Shore Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5-6 December 1996), lot 162.
See previous lot for the reattribution of Sellwood Type 36 coinage to Phraates III, and its new dating.