Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 600. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (3.55 g, 12h). Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME ΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATPOΣ/EVEPΓET[OY], EN P AΓAIC above ME ΓAΛOV, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.17 (Unknown King); Shore 136. VF, rough, obverse struck with worn die. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.