Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 754. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. Circa AD 78-105. AR Drachm (3.72 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard, earring, and tiara decorated with "hooks"; + to right; all within pelleted border / ΛHΛHΛHΛ[H]/ΛHΛHΛHΛH(...) ΛHΛHΛ VHVHVHV/VHVHVHV ΛHΛHΛ/ΛHΛHΛHΛH (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood, New, 6; Shore 401; PDC 4793 and 34011 (this coin). VF, light porosity. Rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 438; Peus 363 (26 April 2000), lot 5184.

While Vologases (and his successor, Artabanos IV) ruled as Parthian king in Mesopotamia, Pakoros ruled in Iran. A state of conflict existed between the rivals until Pakoros emerged victorious circa 90 AD. Based on his beardless portraiture, he was obviously young at the time of his accession. The details of his reign and fate are unknown.