Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 685. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (4.03 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 / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ]/BAΣIΛEΩN AI ΣAKV EVEIΓETV/ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦANYΣ/[Φ]IΛEΛΛNΣ (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 52.16; Shore 283. EF. Rare mint.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.