Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 406. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates I. Circa 171-132 BC. AR Drachm (3.67 gm). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Seleukid era 174 (139/8 BC). Bearded bust right wearing diadem, reel and pellet border / [B]ASILEWS MEGALOU ARS-AKOU, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre; DOR (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.10; Shore 39; BMC Parthia pg. 15, 61; MACW -. Good VF, minor porosity. Rare. ($1000)