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Electronic Auction 484  27 Jan 2021
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Lot 462

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 3500 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 (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.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 452 (18 September 2019), lot 516; Sunrise Collection (New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016), lot 42.
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