98, Lot: 65. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases IV. 147-191 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.91 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid era 464 (152 AD). Diademed bust left, wearing tiara decorated with "hooks", horn on side, and curved neckflap; long tapering beard; B behind / Vologases seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a diadem and holding sceptre;
D(qoppa)V above, month off flan. Cf. Sellwood 84.89 (year); cf. Shore 432 (same). VF, detailed strike.