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CNG 90, Lot: 819. Estimate $150.
Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Vahšīr (Oxathres). 1st century BC – 1st century AD. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.96 g, 1h). Type 1. Bearded bust left, wearing diadem with three ties and torque with three segments; uncertain symbol (crescent?) above Tyler-Smith symbol 6(?) behind / Vahšīr (Oxathres) standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to right. Cf. K&M 4/18 (for type); Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1 and cf. 111-17 (same); Alram 580; Sunrise 603. EF.