CNG 111, Lot: 435. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.01 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, MEΓAΛOV above, APΣAKOV to right, ΕΠIΦANOVΣ below, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; monogram to inner left, palm to outer right. Sellwood 24.5 corr. (monogram); Sunrise 282; Shore 68. EF, lightly toned, broad flan.
Ex Nomisma 48 (26 October 2013), lot 66 (hammer of €5400 / $7448).