Triton XVIII, Lot: 826. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.84 g, 12h). Seleukia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in combination of two pellets and lanceate design; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY EΠIΦANOVΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand; monogram to inner left; palm to outer right. Sellwood 24.5 corr. (monogram); Shore 68; Sunrise 282. EF, areas of toning, a few light cleaning scratches.