Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 777. Estimate $100.  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 (3.42 g, 1h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)ΛIIΛ[I-Λ(three-bar Σ)]/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-[ΛN] [ΛI- IΛN(quadrate O)V]/[IVIIΓIT[(quadrate O)V] [ΔIX]ΛI(quadrate O)V IΠIΦΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/[ΦI]ΛIΛΛHX(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Cf. Sellwood 78.11; Shore 420; PDC 39812 (this coin). VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 661.