Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 652. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (4.05 g, 12h). Aria mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; eight-rayed star to left, crescent to right; all within pelleted border / (E horizontal)ΔИI(E horizontal)Γ(three-bar Σ)]/(quadrate O)(E horizontal)AИ(E horizontal)(Γ retrograde)(E horizontal) NNFVEV(three-bar Σ) EVVEΓT(E horizontal)(...)/IEVEΣ(Δ inverted) EΠΦΛΛИИ/[Φ]IΛΛEΛИV (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; A below bow. Sellwood 47.13 var. (rev. legend); cf. Shore 245. EF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.