Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 679. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (3.66 g, 1h). 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)IΛEΩ(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN [Λ] P(three-bar Σ)AKOV/EVEPΓETV ΔIKΛOY TAK(three-bar Σ)/[ΦI]ΛEΛΛ(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 52.11 var. (rev. legends); cf. Shore 279. Good VF, flat at high points of obverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.