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ID:     83000633
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Orodes II
Date Ruled:     (57-38 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     15.32 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     short-bearded bust left wearing diadem with two pendants; pellet-ended torque; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΜΣΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΤΙΣΤΟΥ
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; no border; five-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 44.1
Reference2:     Shore -
Reference3:     PDC 22727 and 10514 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153377
Special Comments:     PDC 59760
Grade:     VF, light scratches in obverse field
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 633. Very rare. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 134 (11 October 2004), lot 1610; Gorny & Mosch 130 (8 March 2004), lot 1401; Peus 368 (25 April 2001), lot 352; Giessener Münzhandlung 97 (11 October 1999),