Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 581. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. Æ Chalka. Coins include: 1) Æ Tetrachalkon (8.26 g). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛO[Y] [AP]ΣA[KOY], EΠIΦA[NOYΣ] in exergue, horse advancing right with left foreleg raised. Sellwood 24.34; Shore - // 2) Æ Dichalkon (3.09 g) Uncertain (Mithradakart[?]) mint. Radiate and diademed bearded bust left within pelleted border / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ/[A]PΣAKOY down right field, [E]ΠI[ΦANOYΣ]/[ΦI]ΛEΛΛHNO[Σ] down left, tripod. Sellwood -; cf. D. Sellwood, “Parthians and Scythians,” in Essays MacDowall, fig. 3 (for obv. type); Shore -. Coins Fine-near VF, dark green and brown patina. Rare. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.