90, Lot: 62. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases IV. 147-191 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.41 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid Era Peritiou 490 (January, 179 AD). Diademed bust left, wearing tiara decorated with "hooks" and curved neckflap; tapering beard, earring visible; B behind / Vologases seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a diadem and holding sceptre; year above, month below. Sellwood 84.63; Shore -; BMC Parthia pg. 228, 36 var. (month misspelled; Vologases III). Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Bellaria Collection.

See lot 61 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.