Lot 2174

Sale 50 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Sakastan, uncertain king, (c.1st century B.C.), silver drachm, (3.20 grams), obv. bearded bust to left with similuated helmeted bust countermarked on bust in imitation of issue of Phraates IV, rev. crude seated figure to right, (S.-, Shore 473, Sellwood 91.13). Crudely struck and weak in places, otherwise very fine and rare.