400, Lot: 356. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos I (Arsakes II). 211-185 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.97 g, 12h). Rhagai-Arsakeia(?) mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on backless throne, holding bow; to right, eagle standing facing, head left. Sellwood 6.1; A&S Type 6, 6/46-50 (same dies); cf. Sunrise 243 (for type); Shore 4. Good VF, a few spots of porosity.
From the Nisa Collection.