Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 990. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos IV. 80-90 AD. AR Drachm (3.79 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, long rectangular beard, earring visible, hair straight, no wart / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 74.6 (Artabanos III); Shore 404 (Artabanos III). EF. ($150)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Superior (15-18 June 1972), lot 306.

The reattribution of the former "Unknown King" coinage (Sellwood type 30) to a new king Artabanos II, has forced a renumbering of all subsequent kings named Artabanos (see Triton VII, lot 432).