Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 620. Estimate $150.  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 (4.05 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BA(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ(three-bar Σ)/ΠETAΛOV AP(three-bar Σ)AKOV EVEPIETOV EΠIΦANOV(three-bar Σ)/KAI ΦIΛEΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram above bow. Sellwood 39.4 ; cf. Shore 181. Good VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.