Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 617. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (4.01 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ]/MEΓΛΛOY APΣAKOY EVEPΓETOV EIΠIΦANOVΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 38.6 var. (rev. legend); cf. Shore 172. VF, toned, minor traces of hard green deposits on reverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 69 (23 January 2007), lot 589.