Heritage Auctions

Weekly Auction 231911  –  15 March 2019

Heritage Auctions, Weekly Auction 231911

Ancient and World Coins

Fr, 15.03.2019, from 2:00 AM CET
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PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Orodes II (ca. 57-38 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 12.74 gm, 11h). NGC XF 4/5 - 3/5, graffiti. Seleuceia on the Tigris. Short bearded bust facing left, diademed and draped, candys decorated with eagles, torque terminating in griffin, wart visible on forehead / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, male figure, wearing a diadem, seated left on facing throne, holding Nike, standing right presenting wreath, in right hand, and a scepter in left. Sellwood 48.1. Sunrise 376.

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