328, Lot: 259. Estimate $75. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Meherdates. Usurper, AD 49-50. Æ Chalkous (12mm, 1.29 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed facing bust; cross and tiny pellet to each side / Male deity, holding eagle in outstretched hand, standing right within archway. Sellwood 67.4 (Vonones II); Shore 594 (Vonones II). Fine, brown patina.

For the reattribution of the Sellwood Type 67 coinage to Meherdates, see Sunrise pp. 140–1.