CNG 105, Lot: 488. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (23mm, 4.27 g, 11h). Nisa mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left; NI to right / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 26.19; Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 3965 = ANS Inv. 1944.100.82238. VF, a touch of porosity, slight double strike on reverse. Very rare.

From the Nisa Collection.