Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 604. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (4.14 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in triple pellets; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME ΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATPOΣ/[EV]EPΓET[OV], NI CAIA above ME ΓAΛOV, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.24 (Unknown King) var. (NI ΣAIA); Shore -; PDC 39586 (this coin). VF, obverse struck with slightly rusty die. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 388.