Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 629. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates IV. Circa 58-53 BC. AR Drachm (4.14 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing segmented necklet with medallion; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ(three-bar Σ)/MEΓAΛOV AP (three-bar Σ)ΛKOY EΠIΦANOVC/ΔIKAIOY ΘEOYEYΠΛTOPOΣ/KAI ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram above bow. Sellwood 40.5; Shore 194-195. EF, lightly toned.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIII (13 October 1992), lot 267.