Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 713. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. Circa AD 10-38. AR Tetradrachm (13.58 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Artemistios SE 338 (April AD 27). Diademed facing bust, wearing long beard, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / [BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Λ(three-bar Σ)] BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Λ[N ΛP(three-bar Σ)ΛK(quadrate O)V] [ΔI]KΛIO(quadrate O)V (three-bar Σ)ΠIΦΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ), Artabanos on horseback left, receiving palm from Tyche, standing right before him, holding staff; T Λ H (year) in field around Artabanos, monogram (month) under horse (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 63.1 (Artabanos II); Shore 332 = 5086 (this coin). VF, toned, light graffiti on obverse, typical poor strike.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 67 (5 September 2006), lot 5507; Fred Shore Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 332.