Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 631. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates IV. Circa 58-53 BC. AR Drachm (3.66 g, 1h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing segmented necklet with medallion; all within pelleted border / BBΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ(three-bar Σ)/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEωИ AP(three-bar Σ)Λ KOV/ME ΓΛΛV (three-bar Σ)IIИVИV/ΛIИΛIOV ΘEOYEΠΛΓOP(three-bar Σ)/[K]AI ΦIΛEΛΛHN[O(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 41.5; Shore 200. Good VF, toned, off-center strike on obverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 69 (23 January 2007), lot 591.