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ID:     651335-01
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Artabanus II
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 10-38)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Diameter:     30 mm
Weight:     13.52 g
Obverse Description:     bust left with long beard wearing diadem and spiral torque with no visible end; four formal rows of curls with no ear or earring visible, hair above diadem as ringlets; no wart; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΡΓΣΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ
Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated right on throne, extending right hand; to his right, Tyche stands left presenting palm branch in right hand, and holding cornucopia in left; above her arm, Greek letters ΒΚΤ (vertical); in exergue, Greek letters (?); seven-line Greek inscription (L61i); no border [Sellwood says year and month locations are interchangeble]
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 61.1
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Special Comments:     PDC 21699
Notes:     Triton VII (12 Jan 2004), lot 1335-01.