90, Lot: 41. Estimate $100. Sold for $64. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. 58/7 - 38 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.70 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wart on forehead, neck torque ends in sea-horse; star before, star and crescent behind / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; anchor behind, monogram below bow. Sellwood 48.6; Shore 258; BMC Parthia pg. 90, 184. VF.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex E.M. Pegan 61 (10 May 1990), lot 701.

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