Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 658. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.06 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; palm to right, TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4; Shore 67. Near EF. Overstruck on uncertain type.