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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 562. Estimate $150. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.25 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in sea-horse; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY, EΠIΦANOVΣ in exergue, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; horizontal T in outer left field. Sellwood 26.5; Shore -; PDC 33964 (this coin). Good VF, toned, small die break on obverse.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 391.