90, Lot: 55. Estimate $50. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. 78-105 AD. AR Drachm (21mm, 2.79 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara with "hooks" on crest; short beard with quadrant bottom, ear visible / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 77.8; Shore 399; BMC Parthia pg. 213, 32 (Vologases II). VF, toned, light roughness.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Sotheby's (7 December 1982), lot 33 (part of).

While Vologases (and his successor, Artabanos IV) ruled as Parthian king in Mesopotamia, Pakoros ruled in Iran. A state of conflict existed between the rivals until Pakoros emerged victorious circa 90 AD. Based on his beardless portraiture, he was obviously young at the time of his accession. The details of his reign and fate are unknown.