CNG 105, Lot: 481. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. 126-122 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.11 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Dated year 125 of the Arsakid Era (122 BC). Diademed bust left; trace of monogram to right / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; EKP (date) in exergue. Sellwood 22.2; Sunrise –; Shore 63. Good VF. Extremely rare.

From the Nisa Collection.