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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:     83000712      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient East Region:     Parthia Issuer:     Artabanus II Date Ruled:     (A.D. 10-38) Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Tetradrachm Struck / Cast:     Struck Date Struck:     AD 23 Weight:     13.61 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     bust left with long beard wearing diadem and spiral torque with no visible end; three rows of curls with ear visible, hair above diadem as ringlets; no wart; in front, Nike flying right with diadem above vertical Greek letters ΔΛΤ; circular border of pellets Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΣΥΣΡΓΣΤΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated left on throne, extending right hand; to his left, Tyche stands right presenting palm branch in left hand, and holding scepter in right; above their arms, Greek letters ΔΛΤ; below them, male kneels right offering diadem; in exergue, Greek letters ΔΑΙΣΙΟΥ; four-line Greek inscription (L62i); no border Date On Coin:     334 ΔΛΤ ΔΑΣΙΟΥ Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris Primary Reference:     Sellwood 62.3 Reference2:     Shore 331 Reference3:     PDC 20895 and 39725 (this coin) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153456 Special Comments:     PDC 59850 Grade:     VF, toned, light graffiti on obverse Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 712. Overstruck on an uncertain (Vonones I?) undertype. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 557; Peus 376 (29 October 2003), lot 714.

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