Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 484. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases I. 51-78 AD. AR Drachm (3.76 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, tapering short beard, wart on forehead, earring visible, hair in five waves; symbol behind head / OLCILELC OLCILELH HI-ILNO DVIELVOI LIXVLOI [I]PIFLHOVC [FI]LELLHXI[C], Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 71.2; Shore 376; BMC Parthia -; MACW 655. Toned, good VF. Rare. ($1000)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIV (12 September 1992), lot 358.

Sellwood believes that during the height of the usurpations against Vologases I, the king placed this symbol on his drachms to distinguish his issues from those being struck by his enemies.