CNG 105, Lot: 466. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos I (Arsakes II). 211-185 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.92 g, 12h). Rhagai-Arsakeia(?) mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on backless throne, holding bow; to right, eagle standing facing, head left. Sellwood 6.1; A&S Type 6, obv. 6/35, rev. 6/35; Sunrise 243; Shore 4. Good VF, porosity.

From the Nisa Collection.