Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 555. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (3.92 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; monogram to right; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY, EΠIΦANOVΣ in exergue, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 24.14; Shore -. EF, toned, light overall porosity.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.