KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I. Circa 185-132 BC. AR Obol (13mm, 0.68 g, 12h). Nisa mint.

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Oriental Greek, Silver

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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I. Circa 185-132 BC. AR Obol (13mm, 0.68 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 10.19; B. Langnas, “An Introduction to Parthian Silver Fractions, The Little Anomalies of Arsacid Coinage,” KOINON I (2018), fig. 12 = MACW 473 (this coin); Sunrise –; Shore –. Toned, trace of double strike on reverse, struck on a slightly irregular flan. VF. Very rare.

From the Bob (Robert) L. Collection. Ex David Sellwood Collection (New York Sale XXIV, January 2015), lot 4i73.


Closing Date and Time: 9 February 2022 at 11:35:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.