CNG 93, Lot: 657. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (23mm, 4.21 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 27.2; Shore 86-7; Sunrise 294. EF, toned. Struck on a broad flan.

Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection (sold previously as the ‘Demarete Collection’).