CNG 111, Lot: 436. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Struck circa 62 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 35.7; Sunrise 330-1; Shore 165. EF, toned, a couple of tiny marks, traces of deposits, slight double strike on reverse.

Ex Spink 198 (19 March 2009), lot 339.