357, Lot: 184. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 4.00 g, 12h). Kangavar mint. Struck circa 50-42 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in two pellets; six-rayed star to left, crescent to right / BΛCIΛCΩC/BΛCIΛCΩN ΛI CΛKY CVCIΓCT[Y]/ΔIKΛI•Y CΠI+ΛNOYC/+IΛCΛΛHN•[C] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; K below bow; quadrate Cs in legend. Sellwood 47.14; Shore 95; Sunrise –. VF, toned, minor area of weak strike at edge.

Ex David Sellwood Collection.