124, Lot: 130. Estimate $150. Sold for $161. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Gotarzes II. 40-51 AD. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.38 g, 11h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 357 (February, 47 AD). Diademed bust left, long pointed beard, lock of hair on brow / [BA]CI
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FILELLHNOC], Gotarzes seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting a diadem and holding cornucopiae; ZNT (year) above. Sellwood 65.4-7; cf. Shore 359. VF, well-centered strike, light graffito on obverse.