Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 503. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Arsakes I. 247-211 BC. AR Drachm (4.09 g, 12h). Mithradatkart-Nisa(?) mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk and earring / APΣAKOY, archer (Arsakes I) seated left on backless throne, holding bow; Aramaic KRNY to left, monogram below throne. Sellwood 3.1; A&S Type 3, 1/5 (same obv./ rev. dies); Shore 2; PDC 20689 (this coin). VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 376 (29 October 2003), lot 562.