Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 623. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates III. Circa 70/69-58/7 BC. AR Drachm (4.03 g, 12h). Kangavar mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing tiara with ear flap, long beard, and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BΛΣIΛEΩΣ/MEΓΛΛOV ΛPΣ ΛKOY EVEPΓETOV EΠIΦΛNOVΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 39.9 var. (rev. legend); Shore 183; PDC 34275 (this coin). Good VF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.