Triton XVIII, Lot: 827. Estimate $300. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.07 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in sea-horse / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY APΣ-AKOY EΠI+ANOYΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand. Sellwood 24.10; Shore 70; Sunrise –. EF, toned.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Acquired from Leu, May 1999.