CNG 93, Lot: 660. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.37 g, 12h). Court at Rhagai mint. Struck circa 66-62/1 BC. Diademed facing bust / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 35.13 (Darius?) var. (bust type); Shore –; Sunrise 330-1. VF, toned, rough surfaces, traces of prior mounting.

Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection (sold previously as the ‘Demarete Collection’). Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XV (5 June 1991), lot 279.