New Attributions for Parthian Coins

CNG 93, Lot: 649. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes II (Artabanos I). Circa 211-185 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.02 g, 12h). Rhagai-Arsakeia(?) mint. Struck circa 211-209 BC. Head left, wearing bashlyk and earring / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; to right, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed. Sellwood 6.1; A&S Type 6, obv. 6/51, rev. 6/46; Shore 4; Sunrise 241-3. Near EF, toned.

Since the offering of the Bellaria Collection in Triton IX, CNG's Parthian attributions have been made in accordance with the research of G.R.F. Assar, who had been working with the late Dr. Sellwood on an update to the standard reference for the coinage. Though this updated reference is still forthcoming, since Triton IX, Assar has published new research in various articles, and these have been aggregated in CNG's recent publication of the Sunrise Collection. These new attributions are reflected in the lots below, and will be followed in future offerings of Parthian coins by CNG.