Praatakes & Musa

CNG 102, Lot: 694. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes, with Musa. Circa 2 BC-AD 4/5. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.37 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Holöou 314 SE (July, AD 3). Diademed bust of Phraatakes left; [to left, Nike flying right, crowning him with wreath]; ΔIT on diadem pendant / Diademed and crowned bust of Musa right; before, Nike flying left, crowning her with wreath; OY (month) over shoulder. Sellwood 58.5; Sunrise 403 var. (month). VF, lightly toned, flan flaw on reverse, scratches in field of reverse.