Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 569. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.10 g, 12h). Nisa (?) mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / IAEIΛEΩC [I]AEI ΛEΩH ΠEΓΛΛOY AIEAKOY/EΠIΦANOV(Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 27.3; Shore -; PDC 39553 (this coin). Good VF, toned, obverse struck with worn die.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 351.