Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 770. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases III. Circa AD 105-147. AR Drachm (3.76 g, 1h). 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-ΛИ ΛI IΛN(quadrate O)V/IVIIΓIT[(quadrate O)V] ΛIXΛI(quadrate O)V [IΠI]ΦΛИ(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/[ΦIΛIΛΛHX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (
sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 78.4; Shore -. EF.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.