369, Lot: 269. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros I. Circa AD 78-120. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.75 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing ornate tiara / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 77.8 (Pakoros II); Sunrise 434; Shore 399 (Pakoros II). VF, hard green deposits.
From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.
For the reattribution of the Sellwood Type 77 coinage to Pakoros I, see Sunrise p. 149