Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 689. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $140. 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; trace of star to left; to right, eagle left, holding wreath; all within pelleted border / IA(three-bar Σ)IΛC(three-bar Σ)/IΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛECN ΛΙ (three-bar Σ)Λ (...)I(three-bar Σ)II(three-bar Σ)(...)/ΛI(horizontal K)Λ EΠIΦAN(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛH(...) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; star behind throne. Sellwood 53.5; Shore 295; PDC 39695 (this coin). EF, lightly toned. Rare mint.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 518.