90, Lot: 44. Estimate $125. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.60 gm). Kangavar mint. Diademed bust left, wart on forehead; star before, eagle flying left behind, crowning him / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; star behind Arsakes' head, K below bow. Sellwood 53.4; Shore 294; BMC Parthia pg. 123, 196. EF/Good VF, reverse flan flaw.

From the Bellaria Collection.

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