Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 432. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. AR Drachm (3.56 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Struck circa 128-126 BC. Short-bearded bust left wearing diadem; NI to right / Arsakes I seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 16.6; Shore 45. EF, toned, light encrustation on reverse, slight granularity. Unusually well struck from fresh dies. ($500)