CNG 102, Lot: 689. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 15.12 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; ΔI behind throne, TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4 var. (no letters behind throne, palm to outer right); Sunrise –; PDC 12401 = Triton V, lot 1624. EF, areas of light toning, traces of underlying luster, some light cleaning scratches and hint of porosity. Very rare, PDC notes only four examples in its database.