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ID:     83000528
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Mithradates I
Date Ruled:     (171-138 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.94 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     bearded bust left, wearing diadem; circular reel and single pellet border
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΜΣΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; no border; three-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Hekatompylos
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 11.1 variant (reel and single pellet border)
Reference2:     Shore 24-25
Reference3:     PDC 31680 (this coin)
Reference4:     Assar, Genealogy -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153272
Special Comments:     PDC 59637
Grade:     VF, darkly toned
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 528. Rare. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 366; Lanz 62 (26 November 1992), lot 433; Classical Numismatic Review XVII.2 (April-June 1992), no. 69.