Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 656. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (4.16 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet, wart on forehead; eight-rayed star to left, crescent to right; all within pelleted border / EBΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN ΛO (three-bar Σ)VΛH (...)ΛIOTV/NΛTIΞV EΞΛIΛIN(three-bar Σ)/(...)Λ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛHN(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; NI below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 47.32; Shore -; PDC 42040 (this coin). VF. Rare mint.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 155 (3 January 2007), lot 115.