Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 666. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (4.01 g, 2h). Rhagai 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 / [B]Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[N] Λ P(three-bar Σ)ΛKOY EVE(E retrograde)ΓET[OV]/ΔIKΛOOV [E]ΠIΦΛNOI/(...)IΛΛΛI(...) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, anchor symbol behind throne. Sellwood 48.11; Shore 263. VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.