Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 670. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. Æ Chalka. All coins: Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque; all within pelleted border / Lot includes the following types: a) Æ Tetrachalkon (4.08 g). Ekbatana mint. BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ]/BAΣIΛEΩ[N] APΣAKO[Y] EYEPΓETO[Y]/ΔIKAI]OY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛH[NOΣ], Pegasos flying right; monogram below. Sellwood 43.13; Shore - // b) (3.24 g). Uncertain mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard and torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BA(three-bar Σ)IΛE[Ω(three-bar Σ)]/BA(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[N] [AP(three-bar Σ)AKOY (...)IOIV/ΠOY EΩΛNN(three-bar Σ)/IIΛEΛΛH[NO(three-bar Σ)], dromedery reclining right; monogram to right. Cf. Sellwood 45 (for general type); Shore -. Coins Fine-VF, patina of first coin removed, brown surface repatinating; second coin dark green patina. Second coin extremely rare LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.