Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 773. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases III. Circa AD 105-147. AR Drachm (3.78 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 [IΠ]IΦΛИ(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/[ΦIΛ]IΛΛH[X(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Cf. Sellwood 78.5 ; Shore. EF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.