Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 538. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. AR Drachm (3.35 g, 12h). Uncertain (Nisa [?]) mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard; ΛI downwards to right; all within pelleted border / [B]Λ(retrograde Σ)I ΛKO[(retrograde Σ)]/MKI ΛΛOY down right field, ΛI(retrograde Σ)ΛKOY/OEOΠΛTOIO(retrograde Σ) down left; legend with dividing lines (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 16.6 (Nisa); cf. Shore 45-47; PDC 33959 (this coin). VF, areas of light toning. Unique with this obverse mint mark.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 386.