Extremely Rare Pakoros II Drachm

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 760. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. Circa AD 78-105. AR Drachm (3.51 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard, earring, and spiral torque; A to right; all within pelleted border / OΛIIΛ[|-Λ(three-bar Σ)] OΛIIΛ|-ΛN ΛI-IΛHO [Δ]IΛIIΓΛIT ΛI(three-bar Σ)IOV [(three-bar Σ)]+NΛO[(three-bar Σ)Λ], archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 75.7; Shore 398; PDC 27304 (this coin). VF, attractively toned. Well struck. Extremely rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11-12 January 2005), lot 604; Bellaria Collection (Triton VII, 13-14 January 2004), lot 1335 (part of).