CNG 105, Lot: 487. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 86 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; A behind throne. Sellwood 26.4 var.; Sunrise –; Shore 80 var. (both refs v behind throne); PDC –. Near EF. Struck on a broad flan. Possibly unique with the A on the reverse.

From the Nisa Collection.