Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 646. Estimate $75.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Orodes II. Circa 57-38 BC. AR Drachm (4.05 g, 12h). Kangavar mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet; crescent to right; all within pelleted border / BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩ[(three-bar Σ)]/BΛ(three-bar Σ)IΛEΩN ΛP (three-bar Σ)Λ[KOV] (three-bar Σ)V(three-bar Σ)IΓ(three-bar Σ)TV/ΔIKΛIV (three-bar Σ)ΠIIΛNOV(three-bar Σ)/ΦIΛ(three-bar Σ)ΛΛNNO[(three-bar Σ)], archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; T above bow, K below. Sellwood 46.16; Shore 236. Near VF, toned.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.