Choice Arsakes I Portrait

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 576. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes I. 247-211 BC. AR Drachm (4.07 g, 12h). Mithradatkart-Nisa(?) mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated left on backless throne, holding bow; [Aramaic KRNY to left]. Sellwood 3.2; A&S Type 3, - (obv. 3/4, rev. unlisted); Shore 2 var. (monogram). EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare variety without monogram.