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ID:     81000670
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Vologases V
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 191-208)
Metal:     Billon
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     13.38 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     bust left with pointed beard wearing diadem and two-band spiral torque with no visible end; hair in circular bunch covering ear, above diadem not bunched; two broad diadem pendants; no wart; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΟΛΟΓΑΣΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ
Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated left on throne, hair in circular bunch covering ear, hair above diadem not bunched; extending right hand, grasping hilt of sword in left; to his left, Tyche stands right presenting diadem in right hand, holding scepter in left; above diadem, Greek letters ΑΙΦ; below baseline, Greek letters (?); seven-line Greek inscription (L87i); no border
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 87.18
Reference2:     Shore -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=140216
Special Comments:     PDC 58232
Grade:     Good VF, toned
Notes:     CNG 81 (20 May 2009), lot 670. Choice for issue. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 601.