Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 425. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. Circa October 122 - October 91 BC. AR Drachm (4.10 gm). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 96/5-91 BC. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; neck torque ends in two pellets /
BASILEWS BASI-LEWN MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIFANOUS, Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 28.3 var. (orientation of star on tiara); Shore 97 corr. (orientation of star on tiara); BMC Parthia pg. 34, 102; cf. MACW 532 (for type). Superb EF. ($200)
Ex Tkalec (28 October 1994), lot 128.