CNG 90, Lot: 820. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Vahšīr (Oxathres). 1st century BC – 1st century AD. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.92 g, 9h). Type 2. Bearded bust left, wearing diadem with two ties and torque with three segments; traces of uncertain symbol (crescent?) above Tyler-Smith symbol 6(?) behind / Vahšīr (Oxathres) standing right, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to right. K&M 4/21; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 2, 125-9; Alram 583/586; cf. Sunrise 606 (for type without symbols). Good VF, toned.