85, Lot: 34. Estimate $150. Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vonones II. 51 AD. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.27 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed facing bust, short beard, wart on forehead, wearing tiara; six-pointed star to each side / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 67.1; Shore 368. Toned VF, typical oblong flan. 

Vonones reigned for only a few short months. Little is known of this king, but he probably was from the same Arsakid family as Vologases I and Vardanes II.