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Details
LOT 2394
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Orodes II - AR Drachm 57-38 B.C.
Mithradatkart mint. Obv: profile bust. Rev: seated archer with MT monogram over ʘ below bow and legend in seven lines. Good very fine.(3.82 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Hirsch sale 152, lot 899 (part).
Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Sellwood 43.4; cf. OCTV 2, 572-573.
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