Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 561. Estimate $200.  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 (4.21 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in sea-horse; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY, EΠIΦANOVΣ in exergue, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; A behind archer. Sellwood 26.3; Shore 79. Near EF, toned, traces of obverse die rust.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.