90, Lot: 15. Estimate $100. Sold for $77. 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 (21mm, 4.16 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; monogram in inner left field, guidelines in legend. Sellwood 24.23; Shore -; BMC Parthia -. Good VF, toned, pierced in center.
From the Bellaria Collection.
See lot 13 for notes on the reign and coinage of this king.