Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 835. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PERSIS. Artaxerxes (Ardaxšir) I. Early-mid 3rd century BC. AR Drachm (4.12 g, 9h). Head right, wearing mustache and earring, wearing diadem and kyrbasia / “rtrk’” on left, “ty bgdt” in Aramaic script in exergue, fire temple of Ahura-Mazda; on left, Artaxerxes standing right; standard to right. Cf. Klose & Müseler 2/7; Alram 521-4 var. (legend); ESMS p. 133, E var. (orientation of legend); De Morgan -. Good VF, toned, die rust on reverse. Rare.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.