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ID:     83000523
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Mithradates I
Date Ruled:     (171-138 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.54 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Description:     beardless bust left, wearing bashlyk; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΜΣΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; no exergual line; no border; irregular die axis; three-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 10.10
Reference2:     cf. Shore 16 (same obv. die)
Reference3:     PDC 39499 (this coin)
Reference4:     Assar, Genealogy I -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153267
Special Comments:     PDC 59632
Grade:     EF, toned, obverse slightly off-center.
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 523. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 291.