CNG 105, Lot: 517. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos V. Circa AD 80-90. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.62 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated 392 SE (AD 80/1). Diademed bust left / Artabanos seated left, receiving open diadem from Tyche standing right, holding scepter; B(qoppa)T (year) above, month off flan. Cf. Sellwood 74.2-5 (Artabanos III; for type); Sunrise 441 var. (month); Shore –. VF. Rare.

From the Nisa Collection.