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LOT 9238222

Estimate
GBP (£) 20 - 30
EUR (€) 23 - 35
USD ($) 27 - 40

Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)

Kings of Parthia, Orodes II AR Drachm. Struck circa 50-42 BC. Margiane mint.

Diademed and draped bust to left; crescent to right / Blundered legeng, archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; Π beneath bow. Sellwood 46.13; Sunrise -; Shore -. 3.84gr, 20mm, 1h.

Good Fine. Porous.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

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