90, Lot: 50. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. 40-45 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.30 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid Era Panemou 355 (June, 44 AD). Diademed bust left, short pointed beard, wart on forehead / Gotarzes seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting a palm and holding cornucopiae; year above, month in exergue. Sellwood 64.24; Shore 351 var. (month); cf. BMC Parthia pg. 155, 20. Good VF. Choice metal.

From the Bellaria Collection.

Vonones reigned for only a few short months. Little is known of this king, but he probably was from the same Arsakid family as Vologases I and Vardanes II.