Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 757. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. Circa AD 78-105. AR Drachm (3.77 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed beardless bust left, wearing earring and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ(three-bar Σ)/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-ΛN ΛP IΛN(quadrate O)Δ IVIIΓI(...)/ΔIXΛI(quadrate O)V/[EΠ]I+ΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/[+IΛHX(quadrate O)I(three-bar Σ)] (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 73.11; Shore 395. Good VF, lightly toned.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.