Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 752. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases II. Circa AD 77-80. AR Drachm (3.75 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard, earring, and tiara decorated with "hooks";
lw to right; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ(...)/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-ΛH ΛI IΛN[(quadrate O)(quadrate O)] (...)ΛIII-IT/ΛIXII(quadrate O)V/EΠI+ΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/+IΛHΛX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ) (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 72.8; Shore 388. Good VF, toned.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.