Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 400. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates I. Circa 171-132 BC. AR Drachm (4.01 gm). Hekatompylos mint. Bust left wearing bashlik /
BASILEWS MEGALOU ARS-AKOU QEOP-ATOR, Arsakes I seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 10.17; Shore 19 (this coin); BMC Parthia pg. 5, 30 (Phraates I?); MACW -. Lightly toned, good VF. Rare. ($300)
Ex Fred B. Shore Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5-6 December 1995), lot 19.See note preceeding lot 396 for the probable future reattribution of this type to Phraates I.