401, Lot: 232. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. BI Tetradrachm (31mm, 11.42 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 46/5 BC. Diademed bust left, neck torque ends in sea horse / Orodes seated right, and Tyche, holding cornucopia, standing left, holding palm between them. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 1; cf. Sellwood 47.1-4 (for type); Sunrise –; Shore 21. VF, porosity, hint of deposits, scratches and graffiti.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor.