Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 761. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. Circa AD 78-105. AR Tetradrachm (14.29 g, 12h). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated Xandikos 404 SE (March AD 93). Diademed bust left, wearing slight beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / [BA(three-bar Σ)IΛEω(three-bar Σ)]/BA(three-bar Σ)IΛEω[N AP](three-bar Σ)A[K(quadrate O)Y]/ΠAK(quadrate O)P(quadrate O)[Y] ΔIKAI(quadrate O)Y EΠIΦAN(quadrate O)[Y(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛ]EΛΛHN[(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)], Pakoros enthroned left, being presented diadem by Tyche standing right and holding sceptre; ΔY (year) above, ΞANΔIK[(quadrate O)Y] (month) in exergue. Sellwood 76.1; Shore -; PDC 19015 (this coin). VF, toned. Extremely rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.