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ID:     650401
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Mithradates I
Date Ruled:     (171-138 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Weight:     3.75 g
Obverse Description:     bearded bust left, wearing diadem; circular reel and pellet border
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΜΣΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; no border; three-line Greek inscription
Mint:     Hekatompylos
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 11.1
Reference2:     Shore 24
Reference3:     BMC Parthia pg. 10, 30
Reference4:     MACW 488 var. (monogram)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=43209
Special Comments:     PDC 21526
Grade:     Good VF
Notes:     Triton VII (12 Jan 2004), lot 401. Ex Emporium Hamburg 14 (5 December 1988), lot 96.