Lot 314
Vardanes II (c. AD 54-58), Silver Tetradrachm, 14.25g, 12h. Vardanes II (c. AD 54-58), Silver Tetradrachm, 14.25g, 12h. Minted at Seleucia on the Tigris. Diademed bust with short beard left, wart on brow, wearing spiral torque, dotted border. Rev. King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche with sceptre, seven-line inscription ??C???OC ??C???O? ??C???Y ?Y??G???Y ??????Y ???F???YC F????????C, year date T?? (369 SEM) between king and Tyche, abbreviated intercalary month name ??BO? (Embolimos, Mar./Apr. AD 58) in exergue (S 69.10-12 var; Sunrise 420 var; Sinisi, SNP 7, 418 (this coin)). Good very fine. Scarce. For the calendrical significance of this coin see: G.R.F. Assar, "Parthian Calendars at Babylon and Seleucia on the Tigris", Iran 41 (2003), 171-191 (at 180-181).
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
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