124, Lot: 129. Estimate $150. Sold for $121. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. 40-45 AD. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.64 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE Holöos 354 (July, 44 AD). Diademed bust left, long pointed beard, wart on brow / BACILE[WC] BACILEIW[N APCAKOV] EUERGETO[V] DIKAIOV EPIANOVC (sic)FILELLHNO[C], Gotarzes seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting a diadem and holding cornucopiae; DNT (year) above; OLwO[U] (month) in exergue. Sellwood 65.17 var. (LOwO[U]); cf. Shore 350. VF, attractive strike, light graffito on obverse.