Triton XVIII, Lot: 828. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.19 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in sea-horse / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣ-IΛEΩN MEΓΛΛOV APΣAKOY EΠI+ANOVΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand. Sellwood 27.2; Shore 86-7; Sunrise 294. Superb EF, toned.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 29 (30 March 1994), lot 324.