CNG 105, Lot: 499. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.16 g, 12h). Court mint at Ekbatana. Struck circa 68-62 BC. Diademed bust left, wearing necklet with medallion / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 36.8 (Darius?); Sunrise –; Shore 154. Good VF, some roughness.

From the Nisa Collection.