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ID:     74000431
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Artabanus I
Date Ruled:     (127-124 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.75 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     bearded bust left wearing diadem, earring, hair arranged in concentric waves; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΜΣΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΣΛΦΟΥ
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; no border; four-line Greek inscription without dividing lines
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 20.1
Reference2:     Shore 59
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96844
Special Comments:     PDC 41718
Grade:     VF, dark iridescent toning, minor porosity
Notes:     Triton X (9-10 Jan 2007), lot 431. Rare.