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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Mithradates I (164-132 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 15.64 gm, 1h). Seleuceia on the Tigris, dated SE 174 (139/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛO Y APΣA-KOY [ΦI]ΛEΛΛHNOΣ, diademed and beardless young Heracles standing left, holding skyphos in extended right hand and cradling club in lion skin-draped left arm; date ΔΟΡ in exergue. Sellwood 13.10. Shore 39. Cf. Sunrise 262 (date to left). Rare dated issue! A fantastic Hellenistic portrait, struck from dies of exceptional style. NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style.
Estimate: 2000-3000 USD
PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Mithradates I (164-132 BC). AR tetradrachm (27mm, 15.64 gm, 1h). Seleuceia on the Tigris, dated SE 174 (139/8 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛO Y APΣA-KOY [ΦI]ΛEΛΛHNOΣ, diademed and beardless young Heracles standing left, holding skyphos in extended right hand and cradling club in lion skin-draped left arm; date ΔΟΡ in exergue. Sellwood 13.10. Shore 39. Cf. Sunrise 262 (date to left). Rare dated issue! A fantastic Hellenistic portrait, struck from dies of exceptional style. NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style.
Estimate: 2000-3000 USD