Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 548. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos I. 126-122 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.10 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 188 (125/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within bead-and-reel border / BAΣI ΛEΩΣ down right field, APΣAKOY down left, Demeter enthroned left, holding Nike, who crowns her with wreath, and cornucopia, nereid supporting throne; monogram to outer left, ΘE to inner left, HΠΡ (date) in exergue. Le Rider, Suse pl. LXXI, 9; Sellwood 21.3; Shore -. VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.