90, Lot: 39. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. 58/7 - 38 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.99 gm). Court mint at Susa. Diademed bust left; neck torque ends in pellet / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 45.20; Shore -; BMC Parthia -. Nice VF, attractively toned, light porosity. Rare.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Peus 326 (1-3 November 1989), lot 379.

See lot 38 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.