KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos V. Circa AD 80-90. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Apellaios 392 SE (November AD 80). Diademed bust left / Artabanos seated left, receiving open diadem from Tyche standing right, holding scepter; B(qoppa)T (year) above, ΛΠΛ(horizontal E)IO[V] (month) in exergue. SNP 7, 843A-8; Sellwood 74.3 (Artabanos III); Sunrise 441 var. (month); Shore –. Some find patina and deposits, porosity, tiny edge splits and small flan crack. Good VF. From the Nisa Collection.
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