Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 729. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes I. Circa AD 40-45. AR Drachm (3.83 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΛ(three-bar Σ)/(quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΛN ΛI IΛN [E]VEPΓET[(quadrate O)V] ΔIXΛI(quadrate O)V EΠI+ΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛ(E retrograde)ΛΛHX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 64.31; Shore 353. EF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.