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Auction 37  5-6 January 2016
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Lot 55

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 775 USD
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ANCIENT COINS, KINGS OF PARTHIA, Parthian Kingdom. Mithradates II (121-91 BC). Silver Drachm, 4.14g, Rhagai, c.120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust of Mithradates II left, monogram behind. Rev. Archer seated right on omphalos, holding bow, guide lines in legend (Sellwood 24.13; Shore 71; Sunrise 287, this coin). Nicely toned, extremely fine.
Some letters at the ends of the words in the legend are combined (typical for this Sellwood sub-type).
ex Bellaria Collection, CNG 66, 19 May 2004, lot 770
ex Todd A Ballen Collection, Triton XIII, 5 January 2010, lot 554
From The Sunrise Collection

Estimate: $ 500
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