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ID:     83000827
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Artabanus IV
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 216-224)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.66 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     bust left with forked beard wearing diadem and tiara decorated with pellets on stalks round crest and a star surrounded with pellets on side; ear flap and long neck flap decorated with lines of pellets; pendants shown as two lines; necklet with center row of pellets; no wart; no earring; no Aramaic letters behind head; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~]; four-line barbarous Greek inscription (L90i); above, one-line Aramaic inscription (= 'rtbnw MLK'); no border
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 90.1
Reference2:     Shore 467
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153571
Special Comments:     PDC 59987
Grade:     EF, toned
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 827. Very rare. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection.