Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 700. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraatakes. Circa 2 BC-AD 4. AR Drachm (3.99 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wart on forehead, wearing pointed beard and spiral torque; star in crescent to left; to right, Nike left, holding wreath; all within pelleted border / [Λ]VΛVΛ[V]/(...)N-VΛV[Λ] (...)[VΛ](...) (...)ΛVΛ/(...)VΛVΛ/Λ(...)ΛVΛ (...)/(...) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow; K behind throne. Sellwood 56 var. (control mark behind throne); Shore 321 var. (K retrograde; same obv. die); PDC 42520 (this coin). Good VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 69 (23 January 2007), lot 608.