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ID:     650500
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Mithradates IV
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 129-140)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.84 g
Obverse Description:     bust left with long triangular beard wearing single-band diadem with two loops, pendants shown as two lines; spiral torque with no visible end; no wart; hair in three waves with earring visible; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~]; six-line Greek inscription (L82i) with additional one-line Aranaic inscription at top; no border
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 82.1
Reference2:     Shore 425
Reference3:     BMC Parthia pg. 219, 25
Reference4:     MACW 682 (all attributed as Mithradates IV)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=43308
Special Comments:     PDC 21625
Grade:     Toned EF, small die break and surface crack in obv
Notes:     Triton VII (12 Jan 2004), lot 500. Ex Peus 333 (6-11 May 1992), lot 458.Mithradates V was a usurper who rose against Vologases III, and seized the Parthian territories in Iran