KINGS of PARTHIA. Osroes I. Circa AD 108/9-127/8. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.60 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard and with hair in bunches above head and over ears; all within wreath(?) border / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 80.1; Shore 442; Sunrise 443. Light iridescence, traces of porosity and die rust, double strike on obverse, a couple of edge splits. Near EF. A heavy-weight specimen with unusually-cut hair. Very rare. From the Nisa Collection.
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