| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates I. 165-132 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.34 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 141/0 BC. Diademed and draped bust right, within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓ AΛO Y APΣA KOY ΦIΛEΛΛH NOΣ, diademed and beardless young Herakles standing left, holding skyphos in extended right hand and cradling club in lion skin-draped left arm; monogram in exergue. Sellwood 13.2; Sunrise 260; Shore 35. Toned with iridescence, slight porosity and hint of double strike, scratches on reverse. Good VF. Rare and attractive example. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 500. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
