Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 563. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (3.44 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Struck circa 119-109 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque ending in sea-horse; monogram to right; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY, EΠIΦANOVΣ in exergue, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 26.10; Shore 81; PDC 18875 (this coin). Good VF, toned. A well-centered strike of unusual style.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 122 (10 March 2003), lot 1529.