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ID:     83000804
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Vologases V
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 191-208)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.79 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     bust facing wearing diadem, pointed beard with vertical lines, hair in bunches above diadem and covering ears; necklet as straight lines; no wart; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~] (Sellwood incorrectly has dot under monogram); above bow, no pellet; four-line Greek inscription (L86ii); above, one-line Aramaic inscription; no border
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 86.3
Reference2:     Shore 448
Reference3:     PDC 7235 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153548
Special Comments:     PDC 59961
Grade:     EF, toned.
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 804. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Tkalec (24 October 2003), lot 152; Rauch MBS 8 (1 October 2004), lot 143; Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 331; Giessener Münzhandlung 102 (24 May 2000), lot 342.