Watch List notes:

KINGS OF PARTHIA. Phraatakes, circa 2 BC-AD 4. Tetradrachm (Billon, 27 mm, 9.25 g, 12 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris, SE 311 = 2/1 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Phraatakes to left; two crowning Nikai flying to left and right. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] / BAΣΙΛΕΩN - APΣAKOY / EYEPΓETO[Y] - ΔIKAIOY - [E]ΠΙΦANOYΣ / [ΦΙΛ]EΛΛHN[OΣ] Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; in field to right, AIT; in exergue, [month]. Cf. Sellwood 57. Cf. Shore 314-6. Sunrise -. Nicely toned. Minor deposits, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Graeculus Collection, Peus 428, 28 April 2021, 440 and ex Peus 343, 26-28 April 1995, 255.