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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 539. Estimate $150. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. AR Drachm (4.14 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard; IN downwards to right; all within pelleted border / BAΣI ΛEΩΣ/MEΓ AΛOY down right field, APΣAKOY/OEOΠATOPOΣ down left; legend with dividing lines, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 16.10; Shore -; PDC 39522 (this coin). VF, toned, light scratches under tone.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 316; Peus 338 (27 April 1994), lot 85.