400, Lot: 398. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (22.5mm, 4.11 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Struck circa 62/1-58/7 BC. Diademed and draped bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; Sellwood legend iii. Sellwood 38.6 var. (Selwood legend iv); cf. Sunrise 337 (for type); Shore 172. Near EF, hint of die break in obverse field.
From the Nisa Collection.