396, Lot: 358. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.57 g, 1h). Margiane mint. Diademed bust; star to left, to right, crescent above star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; Π below bow; anchor symbol behind throne. Cf. Sellwood Type 48 (for type; control unlisted); Sunrise –; cf. Shore 255 (for rev. type); PDC –. Near VF, toned, hint of roughness. Apparently unique, none in the PDC database and the only example on CoinArchives.

From the Parthicus Collection. Ex Todd A. Ballen Collection (Triton XIII, 5 January 2010), lot 668.