Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 423. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. Circa October 122 - October 91 BC. AR Drachm (4.19 gm). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed bust left; neck torque ends in sea-horse, monogram behind / BASILEWS MEGALOU ARS-AKOU EPIFANOUS, Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 26.10 var. (monogram); Shore 81 var. (same); BMC Parthia pg. 27, 26 var. (same); cf. MACW 517 (for type). EF, bright surfaces. Apparently unpublished with this monogram variety (the top appears to be an "A" with a central dot, rather than the expected "D" with central dot). ($200)