| Budget |
Image |
Description |
| $10.00
to
$20.00 |
 |
Parthian bronze coins are
sometimes available for less than $20.00. This coin of the great king
Mithradates II sold for $18.00. |
| $21.00
to
$40.00 |
 |
At this price level Parthian and
Sasanian silver drachms begin to become available. This attractive drachm
of the Parthian king Vologases III sold for $40.00. |
| $41.00
to
$60.00 |
 |
Silver Arab-Sasanian issues of the
province of Tabaristan are commonly available at this price level. These
interesting coins were issued for many years after the Islamic conquest.
This example sold for $50.00. |
| $61.00
to
$90.00 |
 |
Fine silver drachms of the Sasanian
Persian Kingdom become available at this price level. This example bears a
portrait of Shapur the Great, whose conquest and capture of the
emperor Valerian nearly destroyed the Roman Empire. It sold for $85.00. |
| $91.00
to
$150.00 |
 |
Parthian drachms of the highest quality
become available at this price level. This superbly struck example of
Vologases III sold for
$125.00. Its perfect centering reveals details of the king's bust
almost never seen on Parthian coins. |
| $151.00
to
$300.00 |
 |
Large tetradrachms struck in Seleukeia
and Ctesiphon by the Parthian and Sasanian kings become available in this
price range. This choice example with a portrait of the first Sasanian
king, Ardashir I, sold for $300.00. Like nearly all Sasanian silver coins,
it depicts a Zoroastrian fire altar on the reverse. |
| $301.00
to
$500.00 |
 |
Coins of scarcer Parthian kings
become available in this price range. This nice drachm of Mithradates I is
offered for $400.00. |
| $501.00
to
$1,000.00 |
 |
The Parthian King of Kings ruled over a
number of client kingdoms issuing their own coins, the most important of
which was the Persian homeland, Persis. This rare tetradrachm of
Autophratades, king of Persis, shown wearing a unique ancient
Persian headdress, is offered for $650.00. |
| Over $1000.00 |
 |
Before it was conquered by Alexander
the Great, the Achaemenid Persian empire struck gold and silver coins in
an archaic style, bearing images of the Great King of Persia as an archer.
This attractive gold daric sold for $1,100.00. |
