Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 597. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (4.01 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in sea-horse; all within pelleted border / BA(archaic Z)IΛEΩ(archaic Z) MEΓA ΛO[V] ΛP(archaic Z)ΛKOV ΘEOΠATPO(archaic Z)/EVEPΓETOV (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.14 (Unknown King); Shore 131; PDC 39578 (this coin). Good VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 379; Peus 324 (5 April 1989), lot 292.