Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 677. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (3.99 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wart on forehead, wearing pointed beard and segmented necklet; to right, eagle left, holding wreath; all within pelleted border / BΛΣIΛE[ΩΣ]/BΛΣΛEΩN ΛI ΣAKOV/EYEIΓETOV ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦΛNOVΣ/[ΦI]ΛEΛΛHNO[Σ] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 52.10; Shore 276-278. VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.