ANCIENT COINS, KINGS OF PARTHIA, Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates I (164-132 BC). Silver Tetradrachm, 15.02g, Seleukeia on the Tigris, SE 173 (140/39 BC). Diademed and bearded bust of Mithradates I right. Rev. Herakles standing left, holding cup, lion's skin and club, monogram to left; date () in exergue (Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261, this coin). A remarkable coin with a fabulous portrait of Mithradate the Great, boldly struck, lustrous and untoned on a nice large flan, nearly mint state. Very rare.
From The Sunrise Collection
Estimate: $ 15,000