Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS,
Vardanes II (c. AD 54-58), Silver Tetradrachms (3), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed bust with short beard left, wart on brow, wearing spiral torque, dotted border, rev king enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, year date ϚΞΤ (2) (366 SEM, AD 54/5), month off the flan; and year date ΗΞΤ (368 SEM, AD 56/7), month off the flan (S69.1 var (2), 69.7-9 var). Good fine to about very fine. (3)
For the reading as Ϛ (stigma) of the first numeral in year date ϚΞΤ (366 SEM), see G R F Assar, A New Date on the Tetradrachms of Vardanes II, Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 194 (2008), 5-7
Estimate: £100-150
Vardanes II (c. AD 54-58), Silver Tetradrachms (3), minted at Seleucia on the Tigris, diademed bust with short beard left, wart on brow, wearing spiral torque, dotted border, rev king enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, year date ϚΞΤ (2) (366 SEM, AD 54/5), month off the flan; and year date ΗΞΤ (368 SEM, AD 56/7), month off the flan (S69.1 var (2), 69.7-9 var). Good fine to about very fine. (3)
For the reading as Ϛ (stigma) of the first numeral in year date ϚΞΤ (366 SEM), see G R F Assar, A New Date on the Tetradrachms of Vardanes II, Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 194 (2008), 5-7
Estimate: £100-150