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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 668. Estimate $75. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.57 g, 1h). Margiane mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet, wart on forehead; eight-rayed star to left, crescent above eight-rayed star to right; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛΛI/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛΛ Λ OV (...)/ΔIKOΛO (three-bar Σ)ΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/[Φ]IΛ(three-bar Σ)Λ(...), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; Π below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood -; cf. Shore 255 (for rev. type). VF, toned, rough.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.