373, Lot: 204. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.91 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 96/5-93/2 BC. Bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, torque ending in double pellets / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right, holding bow. Sellwood 28.3; Sunrise 299; Shore 97. VF, toned, spot of hard green on reverse, minor porosity.
From the Byron Schieber Collection.