New Attributions for Parthian Coins

303, Lot: 93. Estimate $150. Sold for $365. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I. Circa 185-132 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.76 g, 12h). Hekatompylos mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk and earring / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; exergual line below. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I); Sunrise 254. VF, toned.

Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection (sold previously as the ‘Demarete Collection’).

Since the offering of the Bellaria Collection in Triton IX, CNG's Parthian attributions have been made in accordance with the research of G.R.F. Assar, who had been working with the late Dr. Sellwood on an update to the standard reference for the coinage. Though this updated reference is still forthcoming, since Triton IX, Assar has published new research in various articles, and these have been aggregated in CNG's recent publication of the Sunrise Collection. These new attributions are reflected in the lots below, and will be followed in future offerings of Parthian coins by CNG.