CNG 105, Lot: 474. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I. Circa 185-132 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 4.00 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; Θ to outer left; monogram to outer right. Cf. Sellwood 10.2 and 10.9 (Mithradates I); Sunrise 255; Shore –. VF, a few pits, a bit overcleaned. Rare.

From the Nisa Collection.