90, Lot: 51. Estimate $150. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. 40-45 AD. AR Drachm (22mm, 3.61 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, short pointed beard, three lines on forehead (two diagonal, one horizontal), hair in three waves / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 64.31; Shore 353; BMC Parthia pg. 156, 30; MACW 634. EF, toned, light cleaning marks in obverse field, minor reverse double-strike. Well-struck on a large flan.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Peus 337 (3-9 November 1993), lot 216.

See lot 50 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.