KINGS of PERSIS. Uncertain king I. 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.59 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. EF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 457. Estimated: $ 300

Oriental Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

KINGS of PERSIS. Uncertain king I. 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.59 g, 9h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right with close cropped beard and mark on cheek, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by eagle; no crescent on back of kyrbasia / Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, king standing right, holding bow; to right, standard surmounted by eagle. Cf. van't Haaff Type 547h (Vadfradad II); K&M –; cf. Alram 547; Sunrise –. Iridescent toning. EF.

From the Dr. Robert Misbin Collection. Ex CNG inventory 72443 (circa 1996).


The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session Two – Lot 335-673 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 10 January 2023 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.