90, Lot: 43. Estimate $100. Sold for $87. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.73 gm). Rhagae mint. Diademed bust left, wart on forehead; eagle flying left behind, crowning him / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, highly degraded legend (legend type iv). Sellwood 52.12 var. (legend type iii); cf. Shore 280; cf. BMC Parthia pg. 112, 81 note. Good VF/VF, harshly cleaned.

From the Bellaria Collection.

See lot 42 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.