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NYINC Signature Sale 3081 12-13 Jan 2020
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Mithradates I (ca. 164-132 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 15.34 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, light marks. Seleuceia on the Tigris, ca. 141/0 BC. Diademed, draped bust of Mithradates I right; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / MEΓAΛOY / APΣA-KOY / ΦIΛEΛΛ-HNOΣ, diademed, nude, beardless young Heracles standing left, skyphos in extended right hand, cradling club on left arm draped with lion skin; XAΔP monogram in exergue. Sellwood 13.2. Shore 35. Sunrise 260. Very rare.
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3030 (NYINC, 5 January 2014), lot 23829.
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Estimate: 4000-6000 USD
PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Mithradates I (ca. 164-132 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 15.34 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, light marks. Seleuceia on the Tigris, ca. 141/0 BC. Diademed, draped bust of Mithradates I right; bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / MEΓAΛOY / APΣA-KOY / ΦIΛEΛΛ-HNOΣ, diademed, nude, beardless young Heracles standing left, skyphos in extended right hand, cradling club on left arm draped with lion skin; XAΔP monogram in exergue. Sellwood 13.2. Shore 35. Sunrise 260. Very rare.
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3030 (NYINC, 5 January 2014), lot 23829.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-parthian-kingdom-mithradates-i-ca-164-132-bc-ar-tetradrachm-29mm-1534-gm-1h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3/a/3081-30129.s?type=CoinArchives3081
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 4000-6000 USD