400, Lot: 406. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa 62/1-58/7 BC. Bust left, wearing tiara / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; AΠ below bow. Cf. Sellwood Type 39 (mint unlisted); Sunrise –; Shore –. VF, porous, evidence of double strike and overstriking on reverse. Apparently unique mintmark for this issue.

From the Nisa Collection.