200, Lot: 218. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes, with Musa. Circa 2 BC-AD 4. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.62 g, 1h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 2-4 AD. Diademed bust of Phraatakes left, wart on forehead; Nikai flanking, crowning him with wreathes / Diademed and crowned bust of Musa left; monogram below chin. Sellwood 58.9; Shore 324. EF, attractively toned, chip on edge.

From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 628.