Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 849. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Manuchtir (Manchihr) III. Mid-late 2nd century AD. AR Drachm (2.94 g, 8h). “[mn]ctry mlka” in Aramaic script, bearded bust left, wearing diadem, hair tied in bunch above / “brh mnctry mlka” (partially blundered) in Aramaic script, bearded bust left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with two rows of pellets. Klose & Müseler 5/18; Alram 646; De Morgan pl. XXXIV, 11. Good VF, light porosity, die shift on reverse. Rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.