311, Lot: 853. Estimate $100. Sold for $101. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates III. Circa 87-79 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.03 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara decorated with star and torque ending in two pellets / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 31.5 var. (one pellet on torque; Orodes I); Sunrise 308 var. (orientation of legend). Good VF, toned.
From the James Fox Collection.