CNG 105, Lot: 473. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I. Circa 185-132 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.25 g, 12h). Local imitation. Uncertain mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I); cf. Sunrise 254; cf. Shore 12-13 (Mithradates I) (all refs for official issue). VF, a few cleaning marks. Unusual local style.

From the Nisa Collection.