Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 794. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases IV. Circa AD 147-191. AR Drachm (3.81 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and tiara with ear flap and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / “wlg]cy mlk” in Parthian/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ I IΛN(quadrate O)V/IVIIΓIT(quadrate O)[V] ΛXIΛ(quadrate O)V ΠXΛNI(quadrate O)V/TXΛIΛΛH(quadrate O) (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow, Δ below throne. Sellwood 84.127; cf. Shore 427-432. EF.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.