Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 660. 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 (3.94 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in sea-horse or griffin, wart on forehead; eight-rayed star to left, crescent above eight-rayed star to right; all within pelleted border / BΛEIΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN Λ P(three-bar Σ)ΛKOV EVEPΓETOY/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛEΛΛNNO(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 48.7; Shore 259. VF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.