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LOT 3048
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV AR Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain date.
Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right, holding cornucopia, pellet between; uncertain date in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.43; cf. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 224. Near Very Fine. Banker's mark on reverse.(9.20gr, 28mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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