KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I. Circa 185-132 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.92 g, 2h). Uncertain mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk and earring / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; Θ to outer left, monogram to outer right. Assar, Genealogy I -; Sellwood 10.9 (Mithradates I); Shore -; PDC 10917 (this coin). Toned, some porosity, obverse struck with worn die. Good VF. Very rare.
Ex Todd A. Ballen Collection (Triton XIII, 5 January 2010), lot 520; Bellaria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 90, 26 May 2004), lot 8; Lanz 102 (28 May 2001), lot 312.