Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1102. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. 8-105 AD. BI Tetradrachm (17.17 g, 12h). Local issue. Dated 389 SE (78 AD). Diademed bust left; B to right / [BACILEWC BA]CILEW[N] APCAK[OV] PAKOPOY DIKVIOL EPIFANOV[C] [FIL]ELLH[NOC], Pakoros seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a diadem and holding sceptre; QPT (year) above, [EPI]FANOVC repeated in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 73.3-5; cf. Shore 394; cf MACW 663. EF, toned, exceptional metal for issue. A superb example. ($1000)