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ID:     BMC_Parthia_28-12
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Vologases I
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 51-78)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     51 to 51
Weight:     13.23 g
Obverse Description:     bust facing, head left, with pointed beard wearing diadem and necklet with centered decoration; four waves in hair cover ear, hair above diadem as ringlets; no wart; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated left on throne, extending right hand; to his left, Tyche stands right presenting diadem in right hand, and holding scepter in left; above diadem, Greek letters ΓΞΤ; in exergue, Greek letters ΑΡΤΣ; seven-line Greek inscription (L
Date On Coin:     363 ΓΞΤ ΑΡΤΕ?
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 68.6
Reference2:     BMC Parthia, p.179, 3; plate 28, no. 12 (Vologases I)
Reference3:     Subhi sale (1878), lot no. ?
Photograph Credit:     BMC Parthia (Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia)
Source:     http://parthia.com
Special Comments:     PDC 20518 Wroth read month as AP[E]
Notes:     204.2 grains. Curr Collection: British Museum Provenance: Subhi sale, 1878