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ID:     650509
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Artabanus IV
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 216-224)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.60 g
Obverse Description:     bust left with forked beard wearing diadem and tiara decorated with pellets on stalks round crest and vertically on side; ear flap and long neck flap decorated with lines of pellets; pendants shown as two lines; two-band spiral torque with no visible end; no wart; no earring; behind head, Aramaic letters (= 'r); circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~]; four-line barbarous Greek inscription (L89i); above, one-line Aramaic inscription (= 'rtbnw MLK'); no border
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 89.3
Reference2:     Shore 465
Reference3:     BMC Parthia -
Reference4:     MACW -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=43317
Special Comments:     PDC 21634
Grade:     Toned, good VF
Notes:     Triton VII (12 Jan 2004), lot 509. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 33 (20-22 September 1993), lot 423.