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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 599. Estimate $200. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (4.14 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque [ending in sea-horse]; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME ΓAΛOY APΞΛO(K retrograde)(A inverted) ΘEOΠATPOΣ/EVEPΓETOV, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.16 (Unknown King) var. (torque ends in pellet); Shore -; cf. PDC 9281. Good VF, bright surfaces. Rare.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Pegasi XVI (8 May 2007), lot 208; Berk BBS 146 (29 November 2005), lot 150.