Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS,
Vologases I (first reign in Babylonia, c. AD 51-54), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, bust facing, diademed head with short pointed beard turned left, wearing spiral torque with a central medallion, dotted border, rev king enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, year date ΓΞT (363 SEM) between Tyche and king, abbreviated month name ΕΠΒΟ (Embolimos) in exergue (Mar/Apr AD 52), 10.69g, 12h (S 68.5 var). Good fine, rare.
for the calendrical significance of this coin see G R F Assar, Parthian Calendars at Babylon and Seleucia on the Tigris, Iran 41 (2003), 171-191 (at 180-181)
Estimate: £60-80
Vologases I (first reign in Babylonia, c. AD 51-54), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, bust facing, diademed head with short pointed beard turned left, wearing spiral torque with a central medallion, dotted border, rev king enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, year date ΓΞT (363 SEM) between Tyche and king, abbreviated month name ΕΠΒΟ (Embolimos) in exergue (Mar/Apr AD 52), 10.69g, 12h (S 68.5 var). Good fine, rare.
for the calendrical significance of this coin see G R F Assar, Parthian Calendars at Babylon and Seleucia on the Tigris, Iran 41 (2003), 171-191 (at 180-181)
Estimate: £60-80