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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     BMC_Parthia_23-8 Type:     Ancient East Region:     Parthia Issuer:     Tiridates I Date Ruled:     (29-27 B.C.) Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Tetradrachm Struck / Cast:     Struck Date Struck:     -26 to -26 Weight:     11.61 g Obverse Description:     bust left with medium tapered beard wearing diadem and three-band torque with no visible end; no wart; three formal rows of curls with no ear visible; circular border of pellets Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΡΓΣΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ // ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated right on throne; to his right, Tyche[?] stands left presenting palm branch in right hand, and holding scepter in left; pellet above Tyche's arm; vertically behind Tyche, Greek letters ϚΠΣ; above palm, Greek letters ΞΑ; in exergu Date On Coin:     286 ϚΠΣ ΞΑ[ΝΔΙΚΟΣ] Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris Primary Reference:     Sellwood 55.7 variant (pellet above Tyches arm) Reference2:     BMC Parthia, p.135, 1; plate 23, no. 8 (Tiridates II?) Reference3:     de Callataÿ pl.XX, 2 Photograph Credit:     BMC Parthia (Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia) Source:     http://parthia.com Special Comments:     PDC 20437 Notes:     179.2 grains. Curr Collection: British Museum Prev collection: Cunningham

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