386, Lot: 384. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.39 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; ΔI behind throne, TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4 var. (no letters behind throne, palm to outer right); Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 12401 = Triton V, lot 1624. Good VF, hint of deposits on obverse, minor edge flaw between 5 and 6 o’clock on obverse, light cleaning marks on reverse.