Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 649. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (4.05 g, 12h). Court at Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; eight-rayed star to left, 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 ΛP(three-bar Σ)[ΛKOV (three-bar Σ)V(three-bar Σ)PΓETOV/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦANOV(three-bar Σ)/Φ]ΛEΛΛHN(three-bar Σ), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 47.7; Shore -. Good VF, struck on an irregularly shaped flan. Attractive large bust, unusual for issue.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.