CNG 105, Lot: 507. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Laodikeia mint. Diademed bust left; behind, Nike flying left, crowning Phraates with wreath / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; five-rayed star behind throne. Sellwood –; Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC –; Gonnella Collection –; David Sellwood Collection (New York Sale XXXIV), lot 430 (same obv. die). Near EF, minor deposits. Extremely rare.

From the Nisa Collection.