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90, Lot: 14. Estimate $150.
Sold for $171. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. Circa October 122 - October 91 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.01 gm). Rhagae mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed bust left; neck torque ends in pellet, two monograms behind / Arsakes I seated right on omphalos, holding bow; star above monogram in inner left field, guidelines in legend. Sellwood 24.19; Shore 74 var. (upper obverse monogram); BMC Parthia -. EF, lightly toned, light porosity.

From the Bellaria Collection.

See lot 13 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.