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ID:     660807
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Vardanes II
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 55-58)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     AD 55-56
Weight:     8.22 g
Obverse Description:     bust left with very short beard wearing diadem and spiral torque; four waves in hair cover ear, hair above diadem as ringlets; wart on forehead is visible; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΡΓΣΤΟΥ 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 diadem in right hand, and holding scepter in left; above diadem, Greek letters ΖΞΤ = 367 Seleucid era; in exergue, Greek letters ΑΥΔΥΝ; seven-line Greek inscription (L69i); no border
Date On Coin:     367 ΖΞΤ ΑΥΔΥΝ
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 69.2
Reference2:     cf. Shore 382
Reference3:     BMC Parthia pg. 180, 17 (Vologases I)
Reference4:     MACW -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=48294
Special Comments:     PDC 24635
Grade:     Toned, good VF
Notes:     CNG 66 (19 May 2004), lot 807. From the Bellaria Collection.