PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Mithradates II (ca. 121-91 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 15.84 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Seleucia on Tigris, ca. 120/19-109 BC. Diademed, draped bust of Mithradates II left, seen from front / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ / ΑΡΣ-AΚΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, archer in Parthian dress (Arsaces I) seated right on omphalus, holding bow outward; vertical palm in outer right field, APT monogram in exergue. Sunrise 283. Sellwood 24.5 corr. (monogram). Shore 68 corr. (same). Struck from high relief fine style styles on toned and lustrous flan with strong flowlines on obverse. From the Historical Scholar Collection

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