Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 603. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (3.94 g, 12h). Traxiane mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME ΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATPOΣ/EVEPΓETOV, TPA ΞIANH above ME ΓAΛOV, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 30.22 (Unknown King); Shore 142. Near EF, obverse softly struck. Exceptional for issue. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 59 (29 January 2004), lot 5958.