270, Lot: 146. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases III. Circa AD 105-147. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.65 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, with re-engraved torque / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; mongram below bow. Sellwood 78.6; Shore -. EF, faint graffiti before nose.

On the re-engraving of the torques, see David Sellwood, “A die count for a group of Parthian Drachms,” Essays Price pp. 317-320.