Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 821. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases VI. Circa AD 208-228. AR Drachm (3.79 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, long pointed beard, wearing tiara with long earflap and crescent / Degraded legend [but first line: 'King Vologases' in Parthian script], Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 88.23; Shore -. EF, toned. Very rare.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Elsen 72 (14 December 2002), lot 288; Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), lot 281.