Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1101. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 10-38 AD. BI Tetradrachm (12.53 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Gorpiaios SE 338 (August 27 AD). Diademed facing bust, long beard, long hair, no ear or earring visible / [BLCILCLC LPC]LKOV DIKLIOV [E]PIFLNO[VC], Artabanos on horseback left, receiving palm from Tyche, standing right before him, holding staff; T-L-H (year) in field around Artabanos, GR monogram (month) below horse. Sellwood 63.5 (Artabanos II); Shore 336 (Artabanos II; same obv. die); MACW 617 var. (Artabanos II; month). Good Fine, typical light porosity, minor graffito in field on obverse. Attractive strike for this issue. ($1000)