Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 790. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Unknown King. Circa AD 140. AR Drachm (3.72 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / (quadrate O)ΛIIΛIΛ/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛIΛ I –/[IVI]IΓIT[(quadrate O)V] ΔIΛI(quadrate O)V IΠIΦΛN(quadrate O)[V(three-bar Σ)]/ΦIΛIΛИX[(quadrate O)(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 83 var. (legends); Shore -; PDC 31721 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 407.