Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 775. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Sinatrukes. 93/2-70/69 BC. AR Drachm (4.09 gm). Rhagae mint. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; neck torque ends in pellet / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 33.3 (Gotarzes I); Shore 112 (Gotarzes I); BMC Parthia pg. 52, 67 (Phraates III?); MACW 543 (Phraates III). Toned, good VF. ($200)
From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular (June 1989), lot 3040.See Triton VII, lot 428, for the reattribution of Sellwood Type 33 drachms from Gotarzes I to Sinatrukes.