Ex Sellwood Collection

402, Lot: 371. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates I. 165-132 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 4.02 g, 12h). Aspeionos (Areia [Herat]) mint. Struck circa 165-149 BC. Diademed bust left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; A in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 10 (unlisted control letter), otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, traces of find patina. Well centered. Extremely rare, none in the PDC database.

From the BRN Collection. Ex David Sellwood Collection (Baldwin's 90, 24 September 2014), lot 1126.1.