Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 589. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Gotarzes I. 91-87 BC. AR Drachm (3.83 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BΛΣIΛEΩΣ [B]ΛΣI ΛEΩ[N]/ΛPΣΛKOV ΔIKAIOV EVEPETOV/KΛI ΦIIEΛΛHN, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 29.1 (Mithradates II); Shore 102 (Mithradates II). Good VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.