Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 558. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.08 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY, EΠIΦANOVΣ in exergue, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 26.1; Shore 77. EF.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 975.