Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 502. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes I. 247-211 BC. AR Drachm (4.20 g, 12h). Nisa(?) mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk and earring, within pelleted border / APΣAKOY AYTO KPATOPOΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated left on backless throne, holding bow; all within pelleted border. Sellwood 2.1; A&S Type 2, 1; Shore -PDC 12332 (this coin). Superb EF, lightly toned. Very rare and the finest known.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1555; Peus 363 (26 April 2000), lot 5092.