Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 763. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Pakoros II. Circa AD 78-105. AR Drachm (3.75 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing short beard, earring, and tiara decorated with "hooks"; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ(three-bar Σ)/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ(three-bar Σ)N ΛI IΛN(quadrate O)[(quadrate O) IVIIΓII(quadrate O)(...)]/ΔIXΛI(quadrate O)V/[E]ΠI+ΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/+IΛIΛΛH[X(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 77.8; Shore -. EF, lightly toned, double strike on reverse.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.