Triton XVI, Lot: 635. Estimate $300. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 3.68 g, 12h). Mithradatkart mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in two pellets; eight-rayed star to left, crescent to right; all within pelleted border / BΛΣIΛEΩΣ/[B]ΛΣIΛEΩ(retrograde N) VP(quadrate O)ΛK• EΛE(retrograde Γ)ETV/KΛΛΠ I+ΠΛTVΣ/ΛEΛΛHN•[Σ] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 47.9 var. (rev. legend); cf. Shore 241; cf. Sunrise 373. Near EF, toned. Fine style portrait.