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ID:     BMC_Parthia_24-6
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Vonones I
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 8-12)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     11 to 12
Weight:     9.47 g
Obverse Description:     bust left with long beard wearing diadem and three-band spiral torque with no visible end; ear visible, hair above diadem as ringlets; no wart; circular Greek inscription (L60i); circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     Nike walking left holding diadem in right hand, palm branch in left; in front, Greek letters ΓKT; [in exergue, Greek letters ΑΠΣΛΛΙΟΥ]; seven-line Greek inscription (L60ii); no border
Date On Coin:     323 ΓΚΤ
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 60.4 (month legible?)
Reference2:     BMC Parthia, p.143, 4; plate 24, no. 6 (Vonones I)
Photograph Credit:     BMC Parthia (Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia)
Source:     http://parthia.com
Special Comments:     PDC 20452
Notes:     146.2 grains. Curr Collection: British Museum Prev collection: Lubicz