397, Lot: 270. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. Circa AD 38-46. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Peritios 356 SE (January AD 45). Diademed bust left / Vardanes seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia; year above; month in exergue. Sellwood 64.28-30 var. (month); Sunrise –; cf. Shore 352 (for type). VF, light scratch at neck. Clear date.

From the Nisa Collection.