Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 595. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes I. 80-75 BC. AR Drachm (4.10 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in pellet; anchor symbol to right; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ]/MEΓ AΛOV AP ΣAKOV EVEPΓETOV EΠIΦANOVΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; A below bow. Sellwood 34.4 (Sinatruces); Shore 146; PDC 33975 (this coin). VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 402.