Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 820. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDO-PARTHIAN. Aria or Margiana. Tanlis Mardates. Circa mid-late 1st century BC. Countermark on a Parthian AR Drachm (3.67 gm) of Phraates III. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; countermark: head left, legend TANLHC / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow. Senior 195.5D; Sellwood 91.3 corr.; Shore -; Alram 1187 corr. (Otannes); MIG 610 corr. (Otannes); MACW 763 corr. (Otannes). Coin and countermark VF, encrustation on reverse. ($150)

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Dr. Mesrop Abgarians Collection (Malter 51, 2 June 1993), lot 278.