400, Lot: 440. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38/7-2 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.67 g, 12h). Susa mint. Diademed bust left; before, pellet-in-crescent within circular pelleted border; behind, eagle left, holding wreath / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; palm frond behind throne. Sellwood 53.15 var. (rosette); Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC –; Gonnella Collection –; David Sellwood Collection –; CNG 105, lot 508. Good VF, weakly struck at peripheries. Very rare.

From the Nisa Collection.