Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 632. 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 (4.12 g, 12h). Court at Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing segmented necklet with medallion; star to right; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ(three-bar Σ)/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN AP (three-bar Σ)ΛKOV/ME ΓΛΛOY ΔIKAIOY/(three-bar Σ)ΠIIΛNO ΘEOV(three-bar Σ)VΠΛTIIOΣ/[Φ]IΛEΛΛHN[O(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 41.12; Shore 201. EF, obverse weak strike on obverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.