Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 682. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (4.12 g, 12h). Mithradatkart 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)IΛEΩZ/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΩN Ab (archaic Z)ΛVΛ [...]/Λ(horizontal R)TI(...)/ΛNΛ(horizontal K)=V ΞVΔI(three-bar Σ)/(three-bar Σ)Λ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛHN(...) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; inverted T behind throne. Sellwood 52.14 var. (no inverted T); Shore 282 var. (same). EF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 69 (23 January 2007), lot 602.