326, Lot: 223. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes I. 80-75 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.12 g). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara decorated with flower; anchor behind / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 34.4 (Sinatrukes); Shore 146 (Sinatrukes). VF, 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.