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ID:     74000428
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Arsaces I
Date Ruled:     (247-211 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.84 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     beardless head left, wearing bashlyk; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated left on backless throne, holding bow in left hand; monogram ΜΤ below seat; circular border of pellets; below bow, single-line Aramaic inscription (LA3ii); behind archer, single-word Greek inscription read from inside
Mint:     Mithradatkart-Nisa?
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 3.1 variant (ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ read from inside)
Reference2:     Shore 2 var. (same)
Reference3:     A&S Type 3, - (obv. 3/1, rev. unlisted)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96841
Special Comments:     PDC 41715
Grade:     VF, toned, areas of porosity
Notes:     Triton X (9-10 Jan 2007), lot 428. Unpublished variety of a very rare type. This is apparently an unknown link between Sellwood's type 3 and the earlier types 1 and 2 of Arsakes I.