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ID:     76000932
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Mithradates II
Date Ruled:     (123-88 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     15.70 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     medium bearded bust left wearing diadem, pellet-ended torque; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΜΣΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; no symbols, no border; square four-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 24.1
Reference2:     Shore -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=108607
Special Comments:     PDC 46414
Grade:     EF, lightly toned, die shift on reverse.
Notes:     CNG 76 (12 Sep 2007), lot 932. From the Semon Lipcer Collection.