377, Lot: 173. Estimate $750. Sold for $655. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.96 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; ΔI behind throne, TV in exergue. Sellwood 24.4 var. (no letters behind throne, palm to outer right); Sunrise –; PDC 12401 = Triton V, lot 1624. Near EF, traces of deposits, light scratches, minor flan flaw, die break at edge, and areas of weak strike on reverse.