Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 628. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates IV. Circa 58-53 BC. AR Drachm (4.12 g, 1h). Court at Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing segmented necklet with medallion; all within pelleted border / BΛΣIΛEΩΣ/ΠEΓΛΛOV APΣ ΛKOV (three-bar Σ)(horizontal E)IIVИOV/ΛOIИΛIOV(E retrograde) EΘEOVEΠΛTOPOΣ/[K]AI ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; Φ above bow, monogram below. Sellwood 40.4 var. (no Φ above bow); Shore -; PDC 39622 (this coin). VF, toned, slightly weak strike. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 428; Lanz 64 (7 June 1993), lot 317.