Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 567. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.26 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣI ΛEΩN MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY/EΠIΦANOVΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 27.2; Shore 86-87; PDC 42901 (this coin). Superb EF, lightly toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 584.