Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 576. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (4.12 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣI ΛEΩN MEΓΛΛOV APΣAKOV/EΠIΦANOV (Σ retrograde), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 28.4; Shore -; PDC 20781 (this coin). Near EF, toned. A well-centered strike.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 376 (29 October 2003), lot 631.