CNG 102, Lot: 687. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.91 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in outstretched right hand; palm to outer right; TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4; Sunrise 284. EF, lightly toned, hint of porosity.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection.