Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 828. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Various rulers. Æ Denominations. All coins: Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque; all within pelleted border / Lot includes the following rulers, denominations, mints, and reverse types: a) Phraates II. Æ Dichalkon (2.30 g). Ekbatana mint. Horse advancing right, left foreleg raised. Sellwood 16.27; Shore -; PDC 40386 and 40390 (these coins) // b) Phraates III. Æ Tetrachalkon (3.07 g). Mithradatkart mint. Pegasos flying right; monogram below. Sellwood 38.21; Shore - // c) Orodes II. Æ Tetrachalkon (2.94 g). Mithradatkart mint. Pegasos flying right; monogram below. Sellwood 43.13 var. (mint); Shore -; PDC 40389 (this coin) // d) Phraates IV. Æ Chalkous (2.41 g). Mithradatkart mint. Diadem; monogram to right. Cf. Sellwood 51 (for obv. type); Shore - // e) Same. Æ Chalkous (2.45 g). Mithradatkart mint. Star to left of bust; to right, eagle left, holding wreath / Star; monogram to right. Cf. Sellwood 53 (for obv. type); Shore - // f) Artabanos III. Æ Dichalkon (2.21 g). Mithradatkart mint. Altar; monogram to right. Cf. Sellwood 63 (Artabanos II; for obv.); Shore - // g) Same. (2.10 g). Uncertain mint. Pseudo-legend, rhyton(?). Cf. Sellwood 63 (for obv. type); Shore -. Coins Near Fine-VF, brown patina . Rare. LOT SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS. Seven (7) coins in lot.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. All coins ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus, 1 November 2006), lot 706 (part of).