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ID:     83000520
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Mithradates I
Date Ruled:     (171-138 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.92 g
Die Axis:     2 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; in field left, Greek letter Θ; in field right, monogram [~]; no exergual line; no border; three-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Mint?
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 10.9
Reference2:     Shore -
Reference3:     PDC 10917 (this coin)
Reference4:     Assar, Genealogy I -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153264
Special Comments:     PDC 59629
Grade:     Good VF, toned, obverse struck with worn die, some
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 520. Very rare. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Bellaria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 90, 26 May 2004), lot 8; Lanz 102 (28 May 2001), lot 312.