Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 601. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (4.18 g, 12h). Susa mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ΠE ΓAΛ[OV] APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATPOΣ/EVEPΓETOY (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.19 (Unknown King); Shore -; PDC 47055 (this coin). Good VF, toned.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 160 (8 October 2007), lot 1694; Giessener Münzhandlung 97 (11 October 1999), lot 548.