Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 637. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.92 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in two pellets; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN ΛP(three-bar Σ)ΛKO[V] (three-bar Σ)ΛEPΓETOV/ΔKOΛTOV EΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/[ΦI]ΛEΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 45.9; Shore 222; cf. PDC 11224. EF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.