CNG 105, Lot: 478. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 3.92 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left; monogram to right / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 20.3; Sunrise 279; Shore 61. Good VF, flan crack, some roughness. Very rare.

From the Nisa Collection.