Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 763. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates I. 165-132 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.94 g, 1h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 148 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Herakles standing left, holding cup, lion's skin, and club; monogram in exergue. Sellwood 13.2; Shore 35. Good VF, a few faint marks. Well struck and excellent metal. Rare.