NumisBids
  
Leu Numismatik AG
Auction 3  27 Oct 2018
View prices realized

Lot 139

Estimate: 350 CHF
Price realized: 320 CHF
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
KINGS OF PARTHIA. Mithradates, usurper in Mesopotamia, circa 15-10 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 12.31 g, 12 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris, dated Artemisios (April) of an uncertain year. Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates to left. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Ν] - [ΑΡΣΑΚΟY] / EYEPΓET[OY] - ΔΙΚΑΙΟY - ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ / [ΦΙ]ΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ - ΑΡΤΕ Mithradates seated right, receiving palm frond from female figure standing left, holding scepter; above, monogram of ΠΛP (?); below throne, V/A; between Mithradates' feet, A. Sellwood 55.11. Shore 311 ('Tiridates'). Sunrise -. Very rare. Beautifully toned and unusually attractive for the issue. Very minor marks on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.
Question about this auction? Contact Leu Numismatik AG