Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 744. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases I. Circa AD 51-78. AR Drachm (3.77 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and spiral torque; “wl” in Parthian script to right; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IEΛH/(quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IEΛH HI IΛN(quadrate O)(quadrate O) VIΛV(quadrate O)I/ΛIVΛ(quadrate O) IXΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/(...)IΛIΛΛHX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 71.3; Shore 378. Near EF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.