The images on this page are used with the kind permission of Classical Numismatic Group. Please see the Triton IV Mail Bid Sale catalog for their detailed description of these coins. You can see all the ancient coins in this auction at the Triton web site.
The attributions and cataloging of Parthian coins used throughout this web site follow David Sellwood's An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia (1980, 2nd edition) for consistency. The few exceptions to this policy are explained here.
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Phraates II (138-127 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 16.37g (PDC 7228) Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 17.1 - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 324 (this coin) - Le Rider, Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes (1965), pl.LXX,25 - Shore not listed |
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Phraates II (138-127 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 16.19g (PDC 7229) Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 17.1 - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 325 (this coin) - Le Rider, Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes (1965), pl.LXX,26 - Shore not listed |
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Interregnal Issue (127-125 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 15.36g (PDC 7230) Note: Reverse overstruck on Hyspaosines Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 18.1 - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 326 (this coin) - Le Rider, Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes (1965), pl.LXXI,1-2 - Shore not listed |
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Artabanus I (127-124 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 15.36g (PDC 7231) Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 21.4 variant (horse head left in field left) - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 327 (this coin) - Le Rider, Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes (1965), pl.LXXI, 8 - Shore not listed |
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Mithradates II (123-88 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 16.10g (PDC 7232) Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 23.2 - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 328 (this coin) - CNG 54 (14 Jun 2000), lot 842 (this coin) - Le Rider, Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes (1965), pl.LXXI,11 - Shore not listed |
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Mithradates II (123-88 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 15.95g (PDC 7233) Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 24.4 - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 329 (this coin) - Shore 067 |
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Mithradates II (123-88 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 15.64g (PDC 7234) Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 24.4 - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 330 (this coin) - Shore 067 |
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Vologases V (A.D. 191-208) AR Drachm 3.78g (PDC 7235) Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Sellwood 86.3 variant (hair) - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 331 (this coin) - Shore 448 |
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Zenobia (271-272) AE Antoninianus 3.63g (PDC 7251) Previous collection: Philip DeVicci Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 668 (this coin) - RIC V, pt 2 2 |
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Unknown King I AR Drachm 4.01g (PDC 7236) Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 332 (this coin) - Alram 551 - Munzen und Medaillen 64 (#0 Jan 1984), lot 202 (this coin) |
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Artaxerxes IV son of Manuchihr III Billon Drachm 1.93g (PDC 7237) Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 333 (this coin) - Alram 651 - BMC Arabia p.244, 1-2 - de Morgan pl.XXXIV, 14 |
Rome | |
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Nero AV Aureus 7.38g (PDC 7240) Struck circa 64 AD-66 AD Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 469 (this coin) - BMCRE 64 - BN 211 - Cohen 114 - RIC 1 50 or 58 - WCN 26 |
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Nero AE Sestertius 28.18g (PDC 7241) Struck circa 65 AD Rev: Temple of Janus, with door closed Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 474 (this coin) - BMCRE 156 - BN 374 variant (no aegis) - Cohen 145 - RIC 1 264 - WCN 148 |
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Trajan AE Sestertius 23.81g (PDC 7242) Struck 116 AD Previous collection: George Bauer; Clarence S. Bement Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 534 (this coin) - Ars Classica VIII (25 Jun 1924), lot 823 (this coin) - Banti, I Grandi Imperiali, 89 (this coin) - BMCRE 1041 - Cohen 320 - Glendining's (23 Jan 1963), lot 1238 (this coin) - Hill 731 - RIC 3 663 - Sternberg /Freeman & Sear Auction XXVIII (30 Oct 1995), lot 78 (this coin) |
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Hadrian AR Denarius 3.39g (PDC 7243) Struck 128 AD Previous collection: Mazzini Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 541 (this coin) - Bank Leu 30 (28 Apr 1982), lot 359 (this coin) - BMCRE 6 - Hill 6 - Mazzini Collection, 4 (this coin) - RIC 3 3c - RSC 4a |
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Hadrian AE Sestertius 28.29g (PDC 7244) Struck 117 AD Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 544 (this coin) - BMCRE 1101 - Cohen 523 - Hill 10 - RIC 2 534a |
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Marcus Aurelius AV Aureus 7.27g (PDC 7245) Struck 167 AD Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 577 (this coin) - BMCRE 458 (same dies) - Cohen 207 - RIC 3 183 - Tkalec Auction (2001?) lot 194 |
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L. Verus AV Aureus 7.22g (PDC 7246) Struck 168 AD Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 586 (this coin) - BMCRE 480 (Aurelius same obv die) - Cohen 317 variant - RIC 3 593 |
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L. Verus AE Dupondius 11.19g (PDC 7248) Struck 163 AD Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 587 (this coin) - BMCRE 1060 note (Aurelius) - Cohen 102 variant - RIC 3 1341 variant (no drapery) |
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Septimius Severus AV Aureus 7.18g (PDC 7249) Struck 206 AD Note: Unpublished reverse type Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 611 (this coin) - BMCRE not listed - Cohen not listed - Hill not listed - RIC 4 not listed |
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Septimius Severus AV Aureus 7.58g (PDC 7250) Struck 207 AD Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 612 (this coin) - BMCRE 358 - Cohen 605 - Hill 840 - RIC 4 288 |
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Shapur son of Papak Billon Hemidrachm 1.96g (PDC 7238) Photo by Classical Numismatic Group - Triton IV (Dec 2000), lot 334 (this coin) - Alram 655 - BMC Arabia not listed - de Morgan not listed - Paruck 3 |
This page last updated 13 Mar 2021
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