Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 622. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (3.99 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BΛΣIΛEΩΣ/MEΓΛΛOV APΣ AKOY EVEPΓETOV EIΠIΦANOV(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 39.6 var. (rev. legend); Shore -; PDC 39618 (this coin). VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 422; Peus 315 (28 April 1986), lot 401.