Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 544. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Phraates II. 132-126 BC. Æ Dichalka . Ekbatana mint. All coins: Diademed bust left, wearing short beard, within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ/MEΓAΛOY down right field, APΣAKOY/ΘEOΠATOPOΣ down left, Lot includes the following reverse types: a) (2.94 g) Elephant advancing right. Sellwood 16.26; cf. Shore 56 // b) (2.98 g) Horse advancing right, left foreleg raised. Sellwood 16.27; Shore -; PDC 46394 (this coin). Coins near VF-VF, dark brown patina. Rare. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.