Triton XX, Lot: 422. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.11 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, MEΓAΛOV above, APΣAKOV to right, ΕΠIΦANOVΣ below, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow in extended right hand; monogram to inner left; palm to outer right. Sellwood 24.5 corr. (
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6; monogram behind archer); Sunrise 282; Shore 68. EF, flan flaw and cleaning scratches on obverse, spot of deposit and light cleaning scratches on reverse . Rare.