Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 715. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $240. 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)Λ(three-bar Σ)/(quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΛN ΛE (three-bar Σ)ΛN(quadrate O) ΔEVEI-ΓET(quadrate O) ΔIXΛI(quadrate O)V E ΠIΦΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛΛΛHX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 63.6 (Artabanos II); Shore 341-343; PDC 33988 (this coin). Good VF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 415.