Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 427. 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 (4.01 gm). Rhagae mint. Struck circa 96/5-91 BC. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; neck torque ends in sea-horse /
BASILEWS BAS-ILEWN MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIFANOUS, Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 28.7; Shore 99; BMC Parthia pg. 34, 102 var. (tiara iii not vii); cf. MACW 532 (for type). Toned, superb EF, small obverse die break. ($200)
Ex Spink 106 (12 October 1994), lot 97.