CNG 90, Lot: 842. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Uncertain king II. 1st century BC – 1st century AD. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.61 g). Type 1. Bearded bust left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with two rows of pellets around pellet-in-crescent; triskeles behind / Diadem with no ties. Cf. K&M 4/59 (“Fürst Y”); cf. Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1, 216 (obol; diadem with ties); Alram 619 var. (diadem with ties); Sunrise -. Good VF. Very rare variety.