109, Lot: 63. Estimate $200. Sold for $186. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes II. 55-58 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.62 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid Era 367 (55/6 AD). Diademed bust left, very short beard, wart on brow / [BACILEWC B]ACIL[EWN A]PCA[KOV] EUERGET[OV] DIKAI[OV EPIFANO[VC FIL]ELLHN[OC], Vardanes seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a diadem; ZXT (year) above. Sellwood 69.1-6; Shore 382; cf. BMC Parthia pg. 180, 17 (Vologases I); MACW 658 var. (date). Good VF, good metal, minor encrustation on reverse. 

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1031 (part of).