CNG 103, Lot: 470. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Abdagases II. Mid-late 1st century AD. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.15 g, 11h). Diademed bust left; ’wd (in Aramaic) behind / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; ; NЄIK[I] in legend. Senior Supp. p. 13, (234.4D) = R. Senior, “A few more rare Indian ancient coins,” Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 173 (Autumn 2002), 48; Sunrise –; CNG 87, lot 754 = CNG E-274, lot 233 (same dies); Peus 384, lot 413 (same obv. die with hair added in antiquity by application of punches). VF, toned, hair added in antiquity by application of punches. Extremely rare.