Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 347. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.10 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed bust left /
BASILEV
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sic)
MEGALOU ARS-AKOV
EPIFANOV
S, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; palm to outer right, TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4 var. (legend); Shore 67 var. (same). EF, attractively toned, tiny die break in hair.