Watch List notes:

KINGS OF PARTHIA. Phriapatios to Mithradates I, circa 185-132 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 4.24 g, 12 h), Hekatompylos. Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ - APΣAKOY Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I). Shore 12 (Mithradates I). Sunrise 254. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with light scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector's ticket), ex Kress 118, 22 June 1961, 520.