Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 647. Estimate $75.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.48 g, 12h). Kangavar mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; crescent to right; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Ω(three-bar Σ)/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΩN ΛI (three-bar Σ)ΛKO[V] (three-bar Σ)V(three-bar Σ)IΓ(three-bar Σ)[TOV]/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/[Φ]IΛEΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; K below bow, O behind throne. Sellwood 46.17; Shore 237. Near VF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.