Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 659. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.76 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; TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4 var. (palm to right); Shore 67 var. (same); Triton V, 1621. Good VF, reverse struck with worn die. Struck on a broad flan.