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402, Lot: 372. Estimate $100.
Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates IV. Circa 58-53 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.03 g, 12h). Areia (Herat) mint. Diademed bust left, wearing segmented necklace with medallion / ΒΛΣΙΛCHΣ ΣCΛΓΛΟV APΣΛ-ΚΟY OEOVCVHΛ [??]OΣTIΛ ΦVΝΟVΣV KΛI ΦΛCΛKOV, Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; A below bow. Sellwood 40.15 var. (legend); Sunrise 354 var. (same); Shore –; Sellwood Collection (Baldwin’s 90), lot 1186.1 (same obv. die). VF, toned. Very rare issue, only one of four examples on CoinArchives, only three noted in PDC database.


From the BRN Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 1 (31 August 2013), lot 300.