Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 654. Estimate $100.  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 (3.99 g, 2h). Mithradatkart 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)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/IΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN A (three-bar Σ)AK[OV] (...)AIOTV/ИΛTIΠIV EΛIΛIИ(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛHИ(three-bar Σ), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 47.29; Shore 254. VF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.