Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 785. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. 70/69 - 58/7 BC. AR Drachm (4.10 gm). Susa mint. Struck circa 62/1 BC. Diademed bust left, wearing necklace with medallion / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; BP/S below bow. Sellwood 38.15; Shore 178; BMC Parthia -; MACW -. Toned, nice VF. Very rare issue. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Dr. Mesrop Abgarians Collection (Malter 51, 2 June 1993), lot 271.

See Triton VII, lot 441, for details on this rare issue.