CNG 94, Lot: 808. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (23mm, 4.22 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left; monogram to right / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 24.30 (for type); cf. Shore 76 (same); cf. Sunrise 288 (same). Superb EF, toned.

From the James Fox Collection. Ex Waddell II (12 September 1987), lot 287.