Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 693. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates IV. Circa 38-2 BC. AR Drachm (3.95 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 / [BA](three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/[BA](three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΩN ΛR (three-bar Σ)ΛKOY/(...)/(...)V(three-bar Σ) P LDΛΛ(...)(sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monograms below bow and behind throne. Sellwood 54.10; Shore -; PDC 4768 (this coin). VF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Elsen FPL 212 (October-November 2000), no. 170; Peus 363 (26 April 2000), lot 5159.