Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 657. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. Æ Dichalka. All coins: Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque; star to right, crescent to left; all within pelleted border / Lot includes the following reverse types: 1) (1.91 g). Mithradatkart mint. Possible trace of star to right and crescent to left / [BΛ](three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/[BΛ](three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[N] ΛP(three-bar Σ)ΛK[OY EYEPΓETOY/ΔIK]AIOY EΛIΛINΛ(...)/[ΦIΛ]EΛΛHN[O(three-bar Σ)], eagle standing right with wings folded, holding wreath in beak; monogram below // 2) (2.04 g). Ekbatana mint. Star to right of bust, trace of crescent to left / [BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ[EΩN ΛP(three-bar Σ)ΛKOY EYEPΓETOY/ΔI]KAI[OY EΛIΛINΛ(...)/[ΦIΛ]EΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ)], four-towered fortress façade // 3) (3.26 g). Mithradatkart mint. Trace of star to right of bust, crescent to left / [B]A(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/EIΛEΩN (...)OYΛOV (...)/OTΛΠ((three-bar Σ) retrograde) ΛIΦΛ/[ΦI]ΛEΛΛHN[O(three-bar Σ)] (sic), stag standing right; monogram below. Sellwood 47.35 var. (monogram); 47.37, and 47.38; Shore -. Coins Fine-good VF, green patina and brown surfaces, some roughness. Rare. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Three (3) coins in lot.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.