Watch List notes:

KINGS of PERSIS. Vahbarz (Oborzos). 3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.12 g, 8h). Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Head right, with mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia; prs (= "Persis" in Aramaic) down right / prtrk' zy (= "fratarakā of") in Aramaic in exergue, fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; to left, Vahbarz standing right; standard to outer right. Cf. K&M, p. 26, Abb. 16 (drachm); Alram 513; Sunrise –; BMC 4 (Artaxerxes I); De Morgan –; Zeno –. Good VF, hairline die break on reverse. Extremely rare.


From the Nisa Collection.