CNG 109, Lot: 391. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.72 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; palm to outer right, monogram in exergue. Sellwood 24.5 corr. var. (monogram; additional monogram behind archer); Sunrise 283; Shore 68 var. (same). Good VF, toned, minor porosity. A well struck example.
From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 103 (14 September 2016), lot 445.