Watch List notes:

KINGS OF PARTHIA. Phraatakes, circa 2 BC-AD 4. Tetradrachm (Billon, 26 mm, 9.80 g, 12 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris, SE 311 = 1 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Phraatakes to left; to left and right, two flying Nikai crowning him. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / BAΣΙΛΕΩN - APΣAKO[Y] / EYEPΓET[OY] - ΔIKAIO[Y] - [E]ΠΙΦANO[YΣ] / [ΦΙΛ]EΛΛH[NOΣ] Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; in field to right, AIT; below throne, crescent. Sellwood -, cf. 57.1-9 (no crescent under throne). Shore -. A beautifully toned example with a fine pedigree. Good very fine.


Ex Triton VII, 12 January 2004, 468 and Sotheby's, 5-6 October 1989, 43.