452, Lot: 552. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos V. Circa AD 80-90. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 9.50 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Audynaios 393 SE (December AD 81). Diademed bust left / Artabanos seated left, receiving open diadem from Tyche standing right, holding scepter; Γ(qoppa)T (year) above, AYΔEN[...] (month) in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 74 (Artabanos III; for type; [date unlisted]); Sunrise –; Shore –; CNG 70, lot 441 (same obv. die). Flan flaws, deposits, porosity. VF. Extremely rare.