Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 688. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $245. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (4.05 g, 12h). Ekbatana 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 / BA(archaic Z)IΛEΩ(archaic Z)/BA(archaic Z)IΛEΩN AP (archaic Z)A[KOY] [EY]EPΓETOV/ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦANV(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛEΛΛHNO(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; behind throne, eagle right, holding wreath in beak. Sellwood 52.36; Shore 287. VF, toned. Rare with eagle on reverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.