Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 740. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Gotarzes II. Circa AD 40-51. AR Drachm (3.57 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛЄV(three-bar Σ)/(quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛЄωN ΛP CΛNO(archaic Z) UOCKAΛ/VΠCN(quadrate O)CΛ ΓωTЄЄPNH(...)/PPIΓΛ(quadrate O)ΛNOV (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 66.4; Shore 366; PDC 20912 (this coin). VF, lightly toned. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 376 (29 October 2003), lot 726.