CNG 105, Lot: 505. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.57 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood –; Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 39670 = Gonnella Collection (Peus 388), lot 484 (same dies); David Sellwood Collection (New York Sale XXXIV), lot 483 (same obv. die) . VF, scratch in field. Extremely rare, PDC lists seven examples.

From the Nisa Collection.