Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 782. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. April 75 - 62/1 BC. AR Drachm (4.00 gm). Court mint at Rhagae. Diademed bust left / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; KATAC-TPATEIA on outer right of legend. Sellwood 30.28 (Unknown king); Shore 143 (Orodes I); BMC Parthia pg. 40, 23; MACW 529 (Orodes I). Near VF, struck with worn obverse die. Rare. ($300)

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 177.