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Electronic Auction 452  18 Sep 2019
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Lot 516

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 2300 USD
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. 127-126 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.21 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 187 (126 BC). Diademed head right / Demeter seated left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns her with wreath; winged tritoness supporting throne; Θ to outer left, (archaic Z)ΠΡ (date) in exergue. Sellwood –; Assar, Revised, fig. 13 = Assar, Early II, fig. 19 = Sunrise 274 = New York Sale XXXVII, lot 42 (this coin); Assar, Recent, p. 22, fig. 9 = Triton V, lot 1575 = Sotheby's (25 May 2000), lot 25 (same dies); New York Sale XXXIV, lot 289 (same dies); Shore –. Toned, minor porosity, light circulation marks, minor weakness on reverse. VF. Fine style portrait. Very rare.

Ex Sunrise Collection (New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016), lot 42.
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