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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:     83000809      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient East Region:     Parthia Issuer:     Vologases V Date Ruled:     (A.D. 191-208) Metal:     Billon Denomination:     Tetradrachm Struck / Cast:     Struck Date Struck:     AD 200-201 Weight:     9.10 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     bust left with pointed beard wearing diadem and two-band spiral torque with no visible end; hair in circular bunch covering ear, above diadem not bunched; two broad diadem pendants; no wart; circular border of pellets Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΟΛΟΓΑΣΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated left on throne, hair in circular bunch covering ear, hair above diadem not bunched; extending right hand, grasping hilt of sword in left; to his left, Tyche stands right presenting diadem in right hand, holding scepter in left; above diadem, Greek letters ΒΙΦ; below baseline, Greek letters (?); seven-line Greek inscription (L87i); no border Date On Coin:     512 ΒΙΦ Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris Primary Reference:     Sellwood 87.19 Reference2:     Shore - Reference3:     PDC 40396 (this coin) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153553 Special Comments:     PDC 59966 Grade:     VF, light scratches on obverse. Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 809. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus, 1 November 2006), lot 709 (part of).

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