Sale: Triton X, Lot: 434. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (3.68 g, 1h). Court mint at Rhagai. Struck circa 63/2-62/1 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion /
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MEGALOV
ARSAKO[V KA]I
FILELLHNOS EPIFANOV
S QEOPATOROS EV
ERGETOV, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow;
PTR monogram below bow. Sellwood (Darios?) 35.7 var. (arrangement of legend); Shore 165. EF, minor porosity. Rare.
From the David Herman Collection.