Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 607. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. Circa 75-62 BC. AR Drachm (4.12 g, 12h). Court at Rhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; all within pelleted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME ΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATPOΣ/EVEPΓET[OV], [KAT]A C TPATE[IA] above ME ΓAΛOV, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 30.28 (Unknown King); Shore 144; PDC 39587 (this coin). Good VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. Very rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 389.