90, Lot: 46. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 2.97 gm). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed bust left, wart on forehead; crescent before, eagle flying left behind, crowning him / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; eagle behind Arsakes' head, [monogram below bow]. Sellwood 54.14; Shore 301; BMC Parthia pg. 125, 217. Good VF for issue, darkly toned. Very rare.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Monetarium List 41 (Spring 1984), no. 52.

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