369, Lot: 270. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.80 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated 286 SE (27/6 BC). Diademed bust left / Phraates seated right, receiving palm from Tyche, holding cornucopia, standing left; year above. Cf. Sellwood 51.19-22 (for type); Sunrise –; cf. Shore 271 (same). Good VF, toned.

From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.