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LOT 3043
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£1,400 (EUR 1,620; USD 1,875) (‡+bp*)
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
PROVENANCE:
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992.
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