Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 643. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (4.16 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in two pellets; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)[Λ(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Λ[N ΛP] (three-bar Σ)ΛK[OV (three-bar Σ)V(three-bar Σ)IΓ(three-bar Σ)TOV/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 46.8; Shore 233; PDC 39643 (this coin). VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 452.