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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 515. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phriapatios. 185-170 BC. AR Drachm (3.80 g, 12h). Hekatompylos mint. Head left, wearing bashlyk and earring, within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘEOY APΣ AKOY, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Assar, Genealogy I -; Sellwood 10.15 (Mithradates I); cf. Shore 18 (Mithradates I). Near EF, toned, traces of encrustation and light cleaning marks on reverse. Very rare.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.