Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1094. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. 70/69 - 58/7 BC. AR Drachm (4.13 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Struck circa 63/2-62/1 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / BASILEWS MEG-ALOV ARSA-KOV [...]EPATOR[OS] (E over P) EUERGETOU PIFANOU[S] EKAI FIAEAL[HNOS] (sic), Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; MTQ monogram below bow. Sellwood 35.5 (Darius?) var. (QEOPATOROS); cf. Shore 166; cf. MACW 540 var. (Darius). EF, traces of golden toning on obverse. Rare. ($1000)