Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 825. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos V. Circa AD 216-224. AR Drachm (3.79 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, forked beard, wearing tiara with earflap; “ar” in Parthian script behind / Degraded legend [but first line: 'King Artabanos' in Parthian script], Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 89.1; Shore 464; PDC 16491 (this coin). Superb EF, light encrustation, hairline flan crack. Rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 600.