Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 737. Estimate $75.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Gotarzes II. Circa AD 40-51. AR Drachm (3.62 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (...)IIVIVIIVИ Λ ΛIIΛ IVIIIVIIVIVIII/IVHVIII-HVI [Λ](quadrate O)ΛIΛI(quadrate O)I/H(quadrate O)IΛHΛI[I], archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Cf. Sellwood 65.33-35; cf. Shore 364; PDC 39757 (this coin). Near VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 599.