Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 771. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases III. Circa AD 105-147. AR Drachm (3.80 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-ΛИ ΛI- IΛN[(quadrate O)V]/[IVIIΓIT[(quadrate O)V] ΛIXΛI(quadrate O)[V] [I]ΠIΦΛИ[(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 78.5; Shore 415. Superb EF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.