90, Lot: 23. Estimate $150. Sold for $107. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. Circa October 122 - October 91 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.78 gm). Rhagae mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed bust left; neck torque ends in sea-horse / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; arm ends in pellet below seat. Sellwood 27.1; Shore 85; BMC Parthia pg. 31, 67. Near EF, lightly toned.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 20 (1-2 December 1981), lot 75.

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