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Very Rare Mule

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 788. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates V. Circa AD 140. AR Drachm (3.74 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and spiral torque; all within pelleted border / [(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-Λ(three-bar Σ)]/(quadrate O)ΛIIΛI-ΛN ΛI IΛN[(quadrate O)V/IVIIΓIT(quadrate O)V ΛIXΛI(quadrate O) [I]ΠIΦΛN(quadrate O)V(three-bar Σ)/[ΦIΛI]ΛΛHX(quadrate O)[(three-bar Σ)] (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood (Mithradates IV) 82 var. (legends); Shore -. Near EF, toned. Very rare.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.