Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 557. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.08 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; monograms to right; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY, EΠIΦANOVΣ in exergue, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow; star above monogram behind archer. Sellwood 24.19; cf. Shore 74; PDC 264 (this coin). Good VF, toned, minor porosity, light deposits on reverse. Rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 525.