PHRAATES II AR DRACHM, 137 - 128 B.C.E.

Sellwood 16.11, Shore 50, CHOICE EF, 20mm, 3.89 grams. Obverse: Diademed bust of Phraates to left; TAM behind (for Tambrax)  Reverse: Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos holding bow.

Phraates II was the ruler who mostly held Demetrius II of Syria in captivity and freed him when Antiochos VII invaded in 129 B.C.E.

SCARCE coin and SUPERB! About as nice as you will ever find of a Parthian drachm of this ruler.