Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 684. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (3.81 g, 12h). Laodicea 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(archaic Z)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Ω(archaic Z)/BΛ(archaic Z)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΩN AP(archaic Z)AKV EΓEIIEIV/OIKAIV EΠΦANY(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛEΛΛNV(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 52.16; Shore 283. EF, toned. Rare mint.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.