Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 614. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (4.16 g, 1h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing short beard and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ]/MEΓAΛOV APΣ AKOY [Φ]IΛEΛHNOΣ/EIΠΦANOVΣ ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ/EVEPΓETOV (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 36.12 (Darius?); Shore 158; PDC 20814 (same obv. die). Good VF, obverse struck with worn die.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Ponterio 142 (27 April 2007), lot 1676.