400, Lot: 447. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes. Circa 2 BC-AD 4. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.08 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed bust left; star-in-crescent before; behind, Nike left, holding wreath / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; four-rayed star behind throne. Sellwood 56.7 var. (eight-rayed star); Sunrise –; Shore 318 var. (same); PDC 7008. VF, traces of deposits, light porosity. Very rare variey.

From the Nisa Collection.