Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 785. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Parthamaspates. Circa AD 116. AR Drachm (3.76 g, 11h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing slight beard, earring, and tiara with ear flap and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ[(three-bar Σ)]/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-ΛИ ΛI- IΛN(quadrate O)[V]/IVIIΓ[IT(quadrate O)] ΛIXΛ(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 81.2; Shore 424. EF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Rosenblum 33E (11 December 2003), lot 262.