Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 608. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (4.03 g, 12h). Court at Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME ΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATPOΣ/EVEPΓET[OV], KATA CTPATEI[A] above ME ΓAΛOV, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.28 (Unknown King); Shore 144; PDC 31699 (this coin). VF, toned.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 385.