403, Lot: 292. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.07 g, 1h). Mithradatkart or Margiane? mint. Diademed bust left; trace of I/M behind head / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 15.2 var. (no letters behind head); Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 5939 and 31683. VF, traces of deposits, some porosity, cleaning marks. Very rare.

From the Nisa Collection.