Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 724. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. Circa AD 40-45. AR Tetradrachm (14.29 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Gorpiaios SE 353 (August AD 42). Diademed bust left, wearing short beard and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / [BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEω(three-bar Σ)/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEω[N] ΛP(three-bar Σ)Λ[K(quadrate O)Y]/EYEPΓET(quadrate O)[Y] ΔIKΛI(quadrate O)V [E]ΠIΦAN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/[ΦI]ΛEΛΛHN(quadrate O)[(three-bar Σ), Vardanes seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left; ГNT (year) in field above, Γ(quadrate O)PΠIAI(quadrate O)[V] (month) in exergue. Sellwood 64.9; Shore -. VF, lightly toned, light scratches on obverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.