Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 720. Estimate $150.  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 (3.86 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard and spiral torque; star within crescent to right; all within pelleted border / H(C retrograde)Λ(...) VCΛV P KΛ Δ(series of Λs and Vs in various positions)/VVVΛΔ (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; ИI below bow. Sellwood 63.14 (Artabanos II); Shore 349. Good VF, lightly toned, fglat on high points. Rare and exceptional for issue.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex UBS 69 (23 January 2007), lot 615.