Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 678. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (3.99 g, 12h). Rhagai 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 / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Ω(three-bar Σ)/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΩN Λ P(three-bar Σ)AKOV/EYEΓETΩV ΔIKAI ΩV ΠΦΛNV(three-bar Σ)/[Φ]IΛ(three-bar Σ)Λ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛ(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 52.11; Shore 279. Good VF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.