Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 826. 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. Artabanos V. Circa AD 216-224. AR Drachm (3.72 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 89.3; Shore 465. EF. Well struck.
From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 515.