124, Lot: 120. Estimate $100. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. Circa October 122 - October 91 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.14 g, 1h). Rhagae mint. Struck circa 96/5-91 BC. Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; neck torque ends in sea-horse / BASILEWS BAS-ILEWN MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIFANOUS, Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 28.7; cf. Shore 99. Good VF, small die break on reverse.

Sellwood records four styles of tiaras decorated with the star-and-pellet motif (his types ii, iii, iv, and vii),