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ID:     700442
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Vologases V
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 191-208)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.75 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Description:     bust facing wearing diadem, pointed beard with random strokes; hair in bunches covering ears, above diadem short and not bunched; necklet as arcs; no wart; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~] (Sellwood incorrectly has dot under monogram); above bow, no pellet; four-line Greek inscription (L86ii); above, one-line Aramaic inscription; no border
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 86.5
Reference2:     Shore -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=70215
Special Comments:     PDC 30575
Grade:     Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack
Notes:     CNG 70 (21 Sep 2005), lot 442. Rare