403, Lot: 290. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates I. 165-132 BC. AR Drachm (20.5mm, 4.13 g, 1h). Traxiane mint. Diademed bust left, wearing bashlyk / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; T in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 10 (unlisted control letter); Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 46384 (mint listed as Nisa). VF, lightly toned, porous. Very rare.

From the Nisa Collection.