Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 645. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.90 g, 12h). Traxiane mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; crescent to right; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN ΛP(three-bar Σ)ΛKO[V] (three-bar Σ)VEPΓETOV/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/[Φ]IΛEΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; T below bow. Sellwood 46.14; Shore 235. Near VF, toned. Rare mint.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.