85, Lot: 34. Estimate $150. Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vonones II. 51 AD. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.27 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed facing bust, short beard, wart on forehead, wearing tiara; six-pointed star to each side / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 67.1; Shore 368. Toned VF, typical oblong flan.
Vonones reigned for only a few short months. Little is known of this king, but he probably was from the same Arsakid family as Vologases I and Vardanes II.