Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 661. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (4.01 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 / BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN ΛI ΣAKOV EVEIΓETOV/ΔIKΛIOV EΠIΦANOVΣ/[Φ]IAEAANNOΣ (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 48.8; Shore 260. Near EF, slight double strike on reverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.