Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 658. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (3.42 g, 12h). “Theopator” issue. Uncertain Sistan 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)IΛE[Ω(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛΩN [Λ]P(three-bar Σ)ΛKO[V] EVEPΓE(TOV)/EΠIΦΛNO[V(three-bar Σ)] ΘEOΠATPOC/[Φ]IΛEΛHNOC, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; AP or ΔP below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood -; Shore -; Senior 201.6 (same obv. die); PDC 39661(this coin). VF, minor porosity, evidence of soft strike at high points. Very rare issue with this reverse legend.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 474.