Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 627. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates IV. Circa 58-53 BC. AR Drachm (3.94 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing segmented necklet with medallion; all within pelleted border / BΛΣIΛEΩΣ/ΠEΓΛΛOV APΣ ΛKOV EΠIΦVИOV/ΔIKΛIOV(E retrograde) EΘEOVEΠΛTOPOΣ/[K]AI ΦIΛEΛΛHNO[Σ] (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 40.3; Shore 190. Good VF, toned, obverse struck with worn die.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Rauch 77 (10 April 2006), lot 273; Peus 311 (31October 1984), lot 420.