CNG 105, Lot: 467. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos I (Arsakes II). 185-170 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.80 g, 12h). Hekatompylos mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; APΣAKO(inverted Y) down left. Sellwood 7.1 (Mithradates I) var.; Sunrise 245 var.; Shore 5 corr. (Mithradates I; Sellwood 7.1 not 8.1) var. (all refs rev. legend). Good VF, minor roughness, a few cleaning marks. Rare.
From the Nisa Collection.