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ID:     650412
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Interregnal Issue
Date Ruled:     (127-125 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     15.93 g
Obverse Description:     long-bearded bust right, wearing diadem; circular reel and pellet border
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ
Reverse Description:     Demeter enthroned left, in extended right hand holds Nike, who crowns her to right; in left hand, cornucopia with fruits; nereid supporting throne; no border; two-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 18.1
Reference2:     Shore -
Reference3:     BMC Parthia pg. 10, 29 (Mithradates I)
Reference4:     MACW -; Le Rider, Suse pl. LXXI, 1
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=43220
Special Comments:     PDC 21537
Grade:     Good VF, minor porosity
Notes:     Triton VII (12 Jan 2004), lot 412. It had been proposed that an interregnum existed between the death of Phraates II and the accession of Artabanus I (Sep./Oct