Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 546. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos I. 126-122 BC. AR Drachm (4.23 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and torque; all within pelleted border / BAΣI ΛEΩΣ/MEΓ ΛΛOY down right field, AP ΣAKOY/ΦIΛΛΛEΛΦOY (sic) down left, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 20.1; Shore 59. Good VF, toned. Exceptional strike for issue.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.