Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 613. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (4.14 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing short beard, earring, and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAEIΛEΩΣ/MEΓAΛOV APΣ AKOY ΠIΠΦANOVΣ/[K]ΛI ΦIAEΛAHN[OΣ] ΦIΛOΠAT[O]PΣ/EVEPΓETO (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 36.12 (Darius?) var. (no earring); Shore 158 var. (same); PDC 28411 (this coin). Good VF, areas of light toning, obverse struck with worn die.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.