Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 769. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases III. Circa AD 105-147. AR Drachm (3.75 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ[(three-bar Σ)]/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-ΛN ΛI- IΛN(quadrate O)V/IVIIΓIT(quadrate O)[V] ΔIXΛI(quadrate O)V [I]ΠIΦΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/[ΦIΛ]IΛΛHX(quadrate O)[(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 78.3; Shore 413-414. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.