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ID:     83000674
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Phraates IV
Date Ruled:     (38-2 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     BC 26
Weight:     15.36 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     short-bearded bust left wearing diadem and griffin-ended torque; a wart visible on forehead; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΡΓΣΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ
Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated right on throne; to his right, Tyche[?] stands left presenting palm branch in right hand, and holding cornucopia in left; seven-line Greek inscription (L51i); above Tyche, Greek letters ϚΠΣ; in exergue, Greek letters ΓΟΡ; no border
Date On Coin:     286 ϚΠΣ ΓΟΡΠΙ
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 51.21
Reference2:     Shore -
Reference3:     Callataÿ, Tetradrachmes, pp. 73-74 (dies not illustrated)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153418
Special Comments:     PDC 59804
Grade:     VF, toned, traces of graffiti on obverse.
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 674. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 134 (11 October 2004), lot 1615.