84, Lot: 67. Estimate $100. Sold for $92. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDO-PARTHIAN. Aria or Margiana. Prince 4. Circa mid-late 1st century BC. Countermark on a Parthian AR Drachm (19mm, 3.11 gm) of Phraates IV. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; eagle standing left behind, wreath in beak; countermark: helmeted bust right / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow;
P below bow. Senior 199.1D; François Widemann, "Contremarques du monnayage Indo-Grec," in
QT 1977, Pl. II, 18; Sellwood 91.12 corr.; Shore 472; Alram -; MIG 612 corr. (King A). Coin Fine and countermark VF, oblong flan. Scarce.