Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 568. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.25 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 109-96/5 BC. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓΛΛOY AP ΣAKOY/EΠIΦANOVΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 27.2; Shore 86-87; PDC 39922 (this coin). EF, toned, slight double strike on reverse. Unusually long bust.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 349 (part of).