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ID:     75000600
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Artabanus III
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 80-90)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     AD 80-81
Weight:     13.87 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Description:     bust left with pointed beard wearing diadem and spiral torque with no visible end; four waves in hair, earring visible; hair above diadem as ringlets; no wart; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΑΡΤΑΒΑΝΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ
Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated left on throne, extending right hand, grasping hilt of sword in left; to his left, Tyche stands right presenting untied diadem in right hand, holding scepter in left; above diadem, Greek letters ΒϘΤ; horizontal bar on throne back; in exergue, Greek letters off flan; seven-line Greek inscription (L74i); no border
Date On Coin:     392 ΒϘΤ
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 74.2-5 (month off flan)
Reference2:     Shore -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=103508
Special Comments:     PDC 42917
Grade:     Good VF, toned, usual light roughness
Notes:     CNG 75 (23 May 2007), lot 600. Rare. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1103.