Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 749. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes II. Circa AD 55-58. AR Drachm (3.79 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)Λ(three-bar Σ)/(quadrate O)Λ(three-bar Σ)IΛ(three-bar Σ)ΛN ΛI IΛK(quadrate O)Y IVIOIΓ(three-bar Σ)T(quadrate O)[V] ΔIXΛI(quadrate O)V [E]ΠI+NΛ(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/[Φ]IΛIΛΛHX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 69.14; Shore 385-386. Good VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.