Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 840. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Artaxerxes (Ardaxšir) II. Late 1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.02 g, 4h). Large bust left, wearing short beard, diadem, and mural crown; monogram behind / “’rthshtr mlka brh d’ryw mlk’” in Aramaic script, Artaxerxes standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to left. Cf. Klose & Müseler 4/10-11; Tyler-Smith, Parcel, type 1d; Alram 570; De Morgan pl. XXXI, 19. Good VF, lightly toned, cleaning scratches on reverse.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.