Lot 4959

AR tetradrachm (13.74 g.). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Bare-headed bust facing with medium square cut beard, wearing diadem with loops on the sides / King on horseback left, Tyche standing to right presenting palm and holding staff, legend : BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΡΣAKOΥ – ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ – ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ. T above king’s arm, ΛΗ vertically behind king, month monogram 103 between horse legs (Seleucid era date equivalent to April, 27 AD). This rare tetradrachm of Artabanos show a fierce warrior-king, they probably present a closer picture of what a Parthian really looked like than any other portrait coin. Very rare in this state of preservation. Ref.: Sellwood 63.1; Shore 332. Ex Peus Auction 386/387 #416. VF