Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 644. Estimate $100. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.81 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in two pellets; crescent to right; all within pelleted border / ΘΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΛ[(three-bar Σ)]/ΘΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΛN Λ P(three-bar Σ)ΛKOV EVEPΓETOV/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/[ΦIΛ]EΛΛHN[O(three-bar Σ)], archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 46.10; Shore -. VF, toned.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.