Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 669. 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. AR Obol (0.57 g, 1h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in sea-horse or griffin, wart on forehead; all within pelleted border / BΛ(archaic Z)IΛEΩ(archaic Z) BΛ(archaic Z)IΛEΩ[N] ΛP(archaic Z)ΛKOY (ΔIKΛIOY retrograde), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 48.15 var. (ΔIKΛIOY not retrograde); Shore 265 var. (same); PDC 22754 (this coin). EF obverse, VF reverse, toned, light porosity.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 130 (8 March 2004), lot 1412; Peus 336 (28 April 1993), lot 140.