Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 559. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (3.97 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY, EΠIΦANOVΣ in exergue, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 26.1; Shore 77. VF, toned. Well-centered strike of unusual style.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 69 (23 January 2007), lot 563.