Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 721. Estimate $100. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos III. Circa AD 10-38. AR Drachm (3.42 g, 12h). Nisa mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard and spiral torque; star within crescent to right; all within pelleted border / IIVIIΛ (...)V(...) (...)ΛV(...) ΛIIΛ(...) (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; NII below bow. Sellwood 63.14 (Artabanos II); Shore 349PDC 40191 (this coin). Near VF, toned, stuck with debased silver. Very rare.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 570 (part of).