Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 692. Estimate $75.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (3.53 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wart on forehead, wearing pointed beard and segmented necklet; star in crescent to left; to right, eagle left, holding wreath; all within pelleted border / [B]Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)[Ω(three-bar Σ)]/[B]Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΩN AP (three-bar Σ)AK[OY]/(...)/AИΛ(horizontal K)(archaic Z) ELbΛC(...)/(three-bar Σ)ΛΛH(...)(sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 54.8; Shore 299. VF, toned, porous.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.