KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 128-127 BC. Diademed bust left / BAΣIΛ EΩΣ/MEΓ AΛOY downward to right, APΣAKOV/ΘΕΟΠATOPΣ (
sic) downward to left, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 16.1; Shore 41; Sunrise 269. Good VF, toned, a little porous.
Ex David Sellwood Collection.
