400, Lot: 424. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.11 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 40 BC. Diademed and draped bust left; star to left, to right, crescent above star / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 48.6 var. (beard); cf. Sunrise 378-9 (for type); Shore 258. VF, porous.

From the Nisa Collection.