400, Lot: 387. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates III. Circa 87-79 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.82 g, 11h). Uncertain (Ekbatana?) mint. Bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, torque ending in double pellets / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 31.10; Sunrise –; Shore –; PDC 23251. Fine, porous. Extremely rare.

From the Nisa Collection.