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ID:
650502
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Ancient East
Region:
Parthia
Issuer:
Vologases IV
Date Ruled:
(A.D. 147-191)
Metal:
Billon
Denomination:
Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:
Struck
Date Struck:
AD 152
Weight:
13.97 g
Obverse Description:
bust left with tapering beard wearing diadem and tiara with neck flap decorated round crest with "hooks" and on side with horn; three-band spiral torque with no visible end; lock of hair visible on forehead; earring visible; behind, Greek letter Β; circular border of pellets
Reverse Legend:
ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΟΛΑΓΑΣΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ
Reverse Description:
male wearing tiara with "hooks" round crest and 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, holding scepter in left; above diadem, Greek letters ΔΞΥ; below baseline, Greek letters ΑΠΣΛΑΙΟΥ; seven-line Greek inscription (L84i); no border
Date On Coin:
464 ΔΞΥ [Α]ΠΕΛΑ[ΙΟΥ]
Mint:
Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:
Sellwood 84.13
Reference2:
Shore -
Reference3:
cf. BMC Parthia pg. 198, 35
Reference4:
MACW -
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=43310
Special Comments:
PDC 21627
Grade:
Toned VF, a few spots of hard encrustation
Notes:
Triton VII (12 Jan 2004), lot 502. )Ex Peus 326 (1-3 November 1989), lot 405.The reign of Vologases IV, likely a son of Mithradates V (see lot 500), saw a renewal of hostilities with the Romans, almost fifty years after the emperor Trajan's campaign
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
