Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 736. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Gotarzes II. Circa AD 40-51. AR Drachm (3.88 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, 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 65.33; Shore 364. EF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.