Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1012. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.79 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; palm to right, TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4; Shore 67. Near EF, lightly toned, a few light cleaning marks.