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Lot 76:

Parthian Empire. Mithradates II the Great (124-91 BC). AR Drachm. Ekbatana

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Parthian Empire. Mithradates II the Great (124-91 BC). AR Drachm. (3.97g/ 21mm). Ekbatana. Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates II to left, with long beard, wearing a hoop earring; multiple torque rings terminating in zoomorphic creature/ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΜΕΓAΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on high-backed throne, holding bow and arrow in one hand; footstool beneath feet. Sellwood 27.1. Shore 85. Very fine.