Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 850. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Artaxerxes (Ardaxshir) V. AD 205/6-223/4. AR Drachm (3.79 g, 11h). “bgy ’rthsht mlka” in Aramaic script, Bearded facing head, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent / “bhr bgy p’p mlka” in Aramaic script, Bearded head of Papak left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with pellet-in-crescent. SNS type I(1)/1(1), pl. 1, 3; Klose & Müseler 6/3; Göbl type I/1; Alram 657; De Morgan pl. XXXIV, 22. Good VF, toned, slight die shift on reverse. Good metal for issue.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.