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Gotarzes I. 95 - 87 BC or Sinatrukes 93 - 70 BC;
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AR dr., 3,51gr, 18,3mm; Sellwood 33.3var., Shore 112, Sunrise --;
mint: Rhagai ? or, as seller assumes, a mint in Sakastan, axis: 12h;
obv.: bust, left, w/tiara (3 rows of pellets, stags on crest, horn as side decoration, long ear flap) and diadem w/ribbons; mustache, long beard; earring, torque w/double pellet finial; cuirass; dotted border 11 - 17h; the only younger looking portrait of this ruler that I have come across;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand; 5-line legend (Sellwood type ii): (BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOV) APΣAKOV ΘEOΠATPOV NIKATOPOΣ
ex: Pars Coins.
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