331, Lot: 110. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.11 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.16 (Unknown King); Shore 133-5 (Orodes I). VF.

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.