241, Lot: 149. Estimate $200. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates IV. Circa 58-53 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.08 g, 1h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 40.4; Shore 193 (this coin). Good VF, toned.

From Collection RW. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 825; Fred B. Shore Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, December 5-6, 1995), lot 193.

It is rare to see the diadem ends on the flan on Parthian drachms.