Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 694. 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 (3.46 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 / (...)/(...) (...)/(...)ETV/(...)(K horizontal and retrograde)(V horizontal and retrograde) ELbΛIV(three-bar Σ)/(three-bar Σ)ΛΛHN(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monograms below bow and behind throne. Sellwood 54.11; Shore -. Near VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.