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ID:     83000753
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Vologases II
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 77-80)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.64 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     bust left with quadrant bottom to beard wearing diadem and tiara decorated round crest with "hooks"; spiral torque with no visible end; lock of hair visible on forehead; ear visible; diadem pendants shown as three lines; behind head, Aramaic letters erased on die; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~]; seven-line Greek inscription (L72ii); no border
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 72.10 variant (obv monogram and tiara horn erased)
Reference2:     Shore -
Reference3:     PDC 31713 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153497
Special Comments:     PDC 59907
Grade:     VF, die shift on obverse
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 753. Extremely rare. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 399; Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 598.