Watch List notes:

KINGS OF PARTHIA. Phraates IV, circa 38-2 BC. Tetradrachm (Billon, 26 mm, 10.83 g, 1 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris, SE 289, Artemisios = April 24 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Phraates IV to left. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[Ω]Σ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ - ΑΡΣΑΚΟY / ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY - ΔΙΚΑΙΟY - [Ε]ΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ / [ΦΙΛ]ΕΛΛΗΝ[ΟΣ] Phraates seated right on throne, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopiae; in exergue, [ΘΠ]C APTE. Sellwood -, cf. 51.35-42 (differing months). Shore -. Sunrise -. A lightly toned and well struck example. Very light porosity, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the Graeculus Collection, Peus 428, 28 April 2021, 436 and ex Peus 348, 2-4 May 1996, 318.