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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 575. Estimate $150. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.08 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in sea-horse; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣ IΛEΩN MEΓΛΛOV APΣAKOV/EΠIΦANOV (Σ retrograde), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 28.3; cf. Shore 97. Near EF, lightly toned.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.