357, Lot: 193. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Uncertain king I. 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.15 g, 4h). Head right with very short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by eagle; crescent on kyrbasia / Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, king standing right; to right, standard surmounted by eagle. K&M 3/5; Alram 551; cf. Sunrise 578 (hemidrachm). Good VF, toned.

From the Elwood Rafn Collection.