CNG 88, Lot: 575. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos I. 126-122 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 20.1; Shore 59. VF, toned, a couple of minor, pits in obverse field, a couple of light scratches on reverse. Very rare.