CNG 105, Lot: 498. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 4.09 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 68-62 BC. Diademed bust left, wearing necklet with medallion / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; (ΑΓ) below bow; three pellets above throne. Sellwood 36.7 (Darius?) var. (T behind throne); Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 28422 (there listed as Sellwood 36.7). Near EF.

From the Nisa Collection.