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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 606. 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 (4.14 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓ AΛOV [A]PΣΛYOA EOΠATPOΣ/[E]VEPΓETOY (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 30.26 (Unknown King); Shore -; cf. PDC 4747. VF, lightly toned.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.