CNG 103, Lot: 447. Estimate $400. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 24.9; Sunrise 286. Superb EF, areas of light toning, hint of die break above bust.

Ex Ponterio 41 (15 March 1990), lot 2437.