341, Lot: 256. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Apamea-Rhagai(?) mint. Struck circa 128-127 BC. Diademed bust left; ΛΠΛ to right / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 16.12; Sunrise –; Shore 52. VF, toned, double struck, traces of deposits. Very rare.

From the David Sellwood Collection.