Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 458. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (3.78 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wart on forehead; Nike flying left behind, crowning him / BASILE[WS] BASILEWN AR-SAKOU EUERGET[OU] DIKAIOU [E]PIFANOUS [FIL]ELLHN[OS], Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 50.15 var. (monogram); Shore -; BMC Parthia pg. 131, 255 var. (same); MACW -. VF, minor porosity, light reverse encrustation. Very rare type, and apparently a unique, unrecorded issue for Ekbatana under Phraates IV. ($750)