Rare Depiction of a Baktrian Camel

446, Lot: 178. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. CU Tetrachalkon (15mm, 3.11 g, 1h). Mithradatkart mint. Struck circa 55-40 BC. Diademed and draped bust left / Recumbent Baktrian camel right. Cf. Sellwood 45.36 (for obverse and mintmark); Sunrise –; Shore –; Triton XIII, lot 670. VF, dark brown patina, minor roughnesss. Extremely rare.