Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 710. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. Circa AD 10-38. AR Drachm (3.75 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Ω(three-bar Σ)/(quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΩN ΛP(three-bar Σ)ΛK(quadrate O)[V]/(three-bar Σ)V(three-bar Σ)IΓ(three-bar Σ)T(quadrate O)V ΔIKΛIK(quadrate O)V [(three-bar Σ)]ΠIΦAN(quadrate O)Y(three-bar Σ)/[Φ]IΛEΛΛHX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; + below throne, monogram below bow. Sellwood 61.7 (Artabanos II); Shore -. EF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.