90, Lot: 63. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases IV. 147-191 AD. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.87 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, long slightly tapering beard, earring visible, wearing tiara; diadem has three bands, double loop, and three ends / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, no pellet above. Sellwood 84.128; Shore 433 var. (pellet above bow); BMC Parthia pg. 231, 58 (Vologases III). Superb EF, scratch in obverse field.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Peus 326 (1-3 November 1989), lot 406.

See lot 61 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.