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ID:     83000518
     [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:     12 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; exergual line; no border; three-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Hekatompylos
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 10.1
Reference2:     Shore 12-13 (Mithradates I)
Reference3:     PDC 32358 (this coin)
Reference4:     Assar, Genealogy I, fig. 3/17
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153262
Special Comments:     PDC 59627
Grade:     Good VF, double strike on obverse.
Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 518. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1090.