Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 566. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.03 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY/EΠIΦANOVΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 27.1; Shore 85. Good VF, toned, light porosity.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Waddell E-74 (1999), lot 39 (part of).