417, Lot: 315. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.92 g, 12h). Contemporary Eastern imitation. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 24.9; cf. unrise 286; cf. Shore 69 (all refs for type). VF. Interesting contemporary issue.

From the Nisa Collection.