452, Lot: 531. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 4.05 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 62 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, legend ii around. Sellwood 35.1 var. (Darius?; legend); Sunrise 326 (this coin); Shore –. Iridescent toning in devices. Near EF.

Ex Sunrise Collection (New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016), lot 94; Peus 338 (27 April 1994), lot 133 (conserved since).