The Appointment of Parthamaspates

225, Lot: 345. Estimate $300. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 21.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117. Laureate and draped bust right / REX PARTHIS DATVS, Trajan seated left on platform, presenting Parthamaspates to kneeling Parthian; attendant standing behind emperor. RIC II 667. VF, smoothed and tooled. Rare.