Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 626. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates IV. Circa 58-53 BC. AR Drachm (3.97 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing segmented necklet with medallion; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Ω(three-bar Σ)/Π(three-bar Σ)ΓΛΛOV AP (three-bar Σ)ΛKOV ΔIKΛIOV/EΠIIΛNOV(three-bar Σ) ΘEOVEΠΛTOIO(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛEΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; throne back surmounted by T; B to inner left, monogram below bow. Sellwood 40.2; cf. Shore 189; PDC 41722 (this coin). EF, toned, light porosity.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 435.