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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 806. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases V. Circa AD 191-208. AR Drachm (3.60 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Diademed facing bust, long pointed beard with vertical lines, hair straight on top and to sides of head / Degraded legend [but first line: 'King Vologases' in Parthian script], archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 86.5; Shore -; PDC 21631 (this coin) . Good VF, toned, short edge split. Rare.


From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Bellaria Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 506; Classical Numismatic Group XXIV (12 September 1992), lot 364.