268, Lot: 153. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases III. Circa AD 105-147. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.72 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed head left, wearing re-engraved torque / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; mongram below bow. Sellwood 78.5; Shore -. EF.
On the re-engraving of the torques, see David Sellwood, “A die count for a group of Parthian Drachms,” Essays Pricepp. 317-320.