448, Lot: 252. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. 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; monogram below bow; triple pellets above throne. Sellwood 36.7 (Darius?) var. (T behind throne); Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 28422 (there listed as Sellwood 36.7): CNG 105, lot 498. Lightly toned, a few minor scratches. Good VF.

Ex Malloy XLVIII (17 April 1998), lot 227.