CNG 90, Lot: 818. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Vahšīr (Oxathres). 1st century BC – 1st century AD. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.89 g, 1h). Type 1. Bearded bust left, wearing diadem with three ties and torque with three segments; Tyler-Smith symbol 6(?) behind / Vahšīr (Oxathres) standing right, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to right. K&M 4/20; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 2 and cf. 125-9 (hemidrachm with the same symbol); Alram 582/585; Sunrise -. Near EF, minor porosity. A well struck example.