429, Lot: 231. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.54 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Circa 56-55 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Cf. Sellwood Type 43; Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 39670 = Gonnella Collection (Peus 388), lot 484 (same dies); David Sellwood Collection (New York Sale XXXIV), lot 483 (same obv. die). VF, traces of deposits, cleaning marks. Extremely rare, PDC lists seven examples.