CNG 103, Lot: 446. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.96 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; palm to outer right; TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4; Sunrise 284. EF, lightly toned, minor porosity, traces of die rust, minor die break on head.