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336, Lot: 152. Estimate $100.
Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes XVI. 78/7-62/1 BC. AR Drachm (2120.5mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.14 (Unknown King); Shore 131 (Orodes I). VF, porous surfaces.


Ex Elsen 35 (2 July 1994), lot 153.

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.