Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 638. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.59 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; 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)VEPΓETOV/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/[Φ]IΛEΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 45.12; Shore -; cf. PDC 6835. VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.