CNG 90, Lot: 840. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Uncertain king II. 1st century BC – 1st century AD. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.48 g, 6h). Type 1. Bearded bust left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with three rows of pellets around cross with pellet in center and at each end / Diadem. Cf. K&M 455g (“Fürst Y”); Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1, -; Alram 619 var. (pellet-in-crescent); Sunrise -. EF, minor earthen deposits and porosity. High relief portrait. Extremely rare symbol for this king.